NCT02454049

Influence of Dietary Nitrate on Time Trial Performance in Swiss Paracycling Athletes

Influence of Dietary Nitrate on Paralympics 2016 Time Trial Performance in Swiss Elite Paracycling Athletes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 9 (actual)
• Sponsor: Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil · Network
• Sex: Male
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate wether beetroot juice or sodium nitrate enhances time trial performance in Swiss paracycling athletes compared to the ingestion of a placebo supplement. Furthermore, the effects of beetroot juice and sodium nitrate on performance will be investigated in spinal cord injured and non-injured athletes.

Detailed description

The influence of dietary nitrate on performance will be tested performing a time trial on a handbike. The time trial will be the same as in the Paralympics 2016 in Rio. The subjects perform three trials and receive another supplement for each trial: beetroot juice with 6mmol nitrate, 6mmol sodium nitrate or plain water (placebo supplement). The time to complete the time trial will be the main outcome parameter.

Conditions

• Exercise Nutritional Physiology

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	beetroot juice	6mmol nitrate
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	sodium nitrate	6mmol sodium nitrate
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	water	plain water

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-01
• Primary completion: 2018-11-01
• Completion: 2018-12-01
• First posted: 2015-05-27
• Last updated: 2019-01-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland