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2025-12-24 @ 3:57 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2026-01-01 @ 11:25 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT05632692
Status:
UNKNOWN
Last Update Posted:
2022-11-30
First Post:
2022-11-08
Is NOT Gene Therapy:
True
Has Adverse Events:
False
Brief Title:
Menthol Mouth Rinsing and Performance Responses of Elite Football Referees in the Heat
Sponsor:
Universidade do Porto
Organization:
Study Overview
Official Title:
Menthol Mouth Rinsing and Performance Responses of Elite Football Referees in the Heat: a Randomized Crossover Trial
Status:
UNKNOWN
Status Verified Date:
2022-10
Last Known Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Ten male football referees will be recruited to perform two intermittent football protocols , separated by at least 7 days (wash-out period). After passing the eligibility criteria, the participants will be randomly assigned, according to a computer-generated allocation schedule, to 1 of 2 beverages sequences: (1) intervention - menthol solution 0.01% (room temperature) and (2) placebo - noncaloric berry-flavoured solution (room temperature). The participants will be provided with one of the 2 beverages before warm-up (pre-cooling) and at the half-time (per-cooling). The trials will follow a randomised counterbalanced crossover design, blinded to the participants, and will take place in indoor facilities, where WBGT exceed 30◦C, at the same time of the day, to control for circadian variations. Each trial involves an exercise protocol (SAFT-90), lasting 90 minutes, separated into two 45-minute parts. The first half will be preceded by a warm-up and the second half by a 15-minute break.
The results of this study are expected to determine whether mouth rinsing a menthol solution, before a football exercise protocol performed in the heat, will help to alleviate physiological strain and improve performance parameters, comparing to a non-cooling strategy, in elite male football referees. Thus, we can be closer to defining nutritional strategies of internal cooling, that will be an advantage for the performance of the football referees, concretely in the competitions carried out under adverse environmental conditions.
The results of this study are expected to determine whether mouth rinsing a menthol solution, before a football exercise protocol performed in the heat, will help to alleviate physiological strain and improve performance parameters, comparing to a non-cooling strategy, in elite male football referees. Thus, we can be closer to defining nutritional strategies of internal cooling, that will be an advantage for the performance of the football referees, concretely in the competitions carried out under adverse environmental conditions.
Detailed Description:
None
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?: