Iron Metabolism in Dragon Boat Athletes

NCT ID: NCT01431118

Last Updated: 2012-07-24

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-04-30

Study Completion Date

2012-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the study is:

* To investigate the effect of sport-specific stress in the iron metabolism of dragon boat athletes
* To investigate the effects of sport-specific stress in the activity of pro-hepcidin and hepcidin

Detailed Description

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This investigation evaluates the effects of sport-specific stress in iron metabolism of dragon boat athletes. Recent studies showed a significant increase in hepcidin activity under exercise (Röcker L. et al.(2005): Iron regulatory protein hepcidin is increased in female athletes after a marathon. European Journal of Applied Physiology, S. 95, 569-571)which possibly influences the iron metabolism.

In particular in this investigation the activity of pro-hepcidin and hepcidin under sport-specific stress is analysed. Therefore elite dragonboat athletes will be included to this study. Every athlete is tested once. At one exercise day from every athlete the iron metabolism especially the change of hepcidin, prohepcidin and iron before and after a specific dragonboat intervention is analysed.

Conditions

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Anaemia

Keywords

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iron metabolism hepcidin dragon boating sport-specific stress iron anaemia sport

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

DIAGNOSTIC

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Investigators

Study Groups

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sports intervention male

male athletes of the german national dragon boat team

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

specific dragon boating training intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

male athletes of the german national dragon boat team performing three specific training units at one day

sports intervention women

women athletes of the german national dragon boat team

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

specific dragon boat intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

women athletes of the german national dragon boat team performing two specific training units and one weight lifting test at one day

Interventions

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specific dragon boating training intervention

male athletes of the german national dragon boat team performing three specific training units at one day

Intervention Type OTHER

specific dragon boat intervention

women athletes of the german national dragon boat team performing two specific training units and one weight lifting test at one day

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* athletes performing dragon boat sport

Exclusion Criteria

* acute clinically significant intercurrent diseases
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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MVZ für Laboratoriumsmedizin Koblenz

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Deutscher Drachenboot Verband e.V.

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Giessen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Andree Hillebrecht

Dr.med.

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Andree Hillebrecht, Dr. med.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of sportsmedicine- University Giessen

Other Identifiers

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Gi-02-2011

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id