vibroX-training in Endurance Trained Men

NCT ID: NCT01672281

Last Updated: 2013-05-14

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2011-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2012-12-31

Brief Summary

In endurance sports competitions such as cycling, an athlete's capacity to sustain submaximum power (i.e. endurance capacity) strongly influences overall race performance. Endurance capacity can be increased by both long, continuous endurance exercise at moderate oxygen consumption, and high-intensity (at or above peak oxygen consumption) interval training. However, it has also been shown that resistance exercise, if performed in addition to endurance exercise, can further enhance endurance capacity. The investigators have recently described a novel training method, which is based on combined vibration and resistance training and superimposed vascular occlusion. Based on the investigators previous results showing that this type of training leads to marked increases in endurance capacity in previously untrained young women, the investigators aim at investigating whether the method is also effective in increasing endurance capacity in highly endurance-trained young men, and whether the method leads to bigger improvements relative to resistance exercise alone. Besides the functional outcomes the investigators are also interested in the specificity of the cellular adaptations with respect to the two trainings methods.

Conditions

Health Behavior

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

vibrox training

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

vibrox- vs. resistance training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Comparison between two exercise interventions

resistance training

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

vibrox- vs. resistance training

Intervention Type: OTHER

Comparison between two exercise interventions

Interventions

vibrox- vs. resistance training

Comparison between two exercise interventions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

vibrox

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• male
• no fever / no common cold at the beginning of the study
• at least 4 endurance training sessions prior to beginning of study
• age 18-35y
• non-smoker
• no cardiological / orthopedic problems
• no pacemaker
• fulfills health questionnaire's requirements

Exclusion Criteria

• fever / common cold at beginning of study
• untrained condition (less than 4 endurance training sessions prior to the
• beginning of the study)
• age under 18 oder above 35y
• smoker
• cardiovascular or orthopedic problems
• cardiac pacemaker
• does not fulfill health questionnaire's requirements

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: MALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

University of Zurich

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Hans H. Jung, Professor MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital Zurich, Division of Neurology

Locations

University Hospital Zurich, Division of Neurology

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Countries

Switzerland

References

Mueller SM, Aguayo D, Lunardi F, Ruoss S, Boutellier U, Frese S, Petersen JA, Jung HH, Toigo M. High-load resistance exercise with superimposed vibration and vascular occlusion increases critical power, capillaries and lean mass in endurance-trained men. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2014 Jan;114(1):123-33. doi: 10.1007/s00421-013-2752-2. Epub 2013 Oct 24.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 24154560 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

vbx

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id