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Cardiovascular and Endocrine Response to Muscular Training Program of Young Soccer Players Aged 14-18 Years (YoungSoccer)

H

Hôpital Fribourgeois

Status

Not yet enrolling

Conditions

Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Hormone Disturbance
Sport Injury

Treatments

Other: neuromuscular programm

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06451367
YoungSoccer_14-18

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study focuses on understanding the cardiovascular and endocrine responses of young soccer players aged 14 to 18 years to a muscular training program. Adolescence is a critical period for physiological development, and investigating these responses can provide insights crucial for athletic performance and overall health. The benefits include promoting overall health, reducing injury risk, and enhancing scientific knowledge. However, intensive training programs may lead to overtraining and potential negative health outcomes if not carefully monitored. The study aims to assess whether additional neuromuscular development over 12 weeks can enhance players' physical fitness and hormonal changes. By examining these outcomes, the study seeks to inform evidence-based training protocols for optimizing adolescent athletes' health and performance in soccer. The study design involves a prospective single-center randomized cohort to investigate these responses comprehensively.

Full description

In this study, participants aged 14 to 18, who are part of an elite football team in Fribourg, Switzerland, are randomly assigned to either a control group or an intervention group (N=30, with 15 participants in each group). The control group undergoes regular football training, while the intervention group additionally participates in a 12-week neuromuscular development program. Before and after the intervention, various measurements are taken for each participant, including blood steroid profile, heart rate variability, lung function (VO2 max with lactate), body composition using the Inbody 770 machine, and muscular strength. The control group exclusively engages in regular football training throughout the study duration.

Enrollment

30 estimated patients

Sex

Male

Ages

14 to 18 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Engaging in a football training program.
  • No history of injuries in the last 6 months requiring surgical intervention.
  • No intake of anabolic supplements.
  • Age 14-18 years old.
  • Normal BMI (18.5 - 24.9 kg/m²).

Parents and participants must consent to receive all pertinent information discovered during the study, such as potential cardiovascular diseases or hormonal disorders.

Participants must also consent to the sharing of certain private information with their parents or legal guardians. This includes information regarding cannabis use, as well as the consumption of anabolic steroids and other controlled substances. This additional consent ensures transparency and openness in sharing relevant health-related information with parents or legal guardians, particularly for participants under 18 years of age.

For participants under the age of 18, parental consent or consent from a legal guardian is mandatory in addition to the participant's consent. This ensures that minors have parental approval to take part in the study.

All participants, regardless of age, must provide their voluntary consent to participate in the study. For participants under the age of 18, consent from one of their parents or legal guardians is also required in addition to the participant's consent.

Exclusion criteria

  • Engaging in other supplemental individual exercise programs.
  • Being a smoker (>1 cigarette/week).
  • Using any medication at the time of testing.
  • Having any disease.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

30 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention
Experimental group
Description:
Regular football training and neuromuscular training program for 12 weeks
Treatment:
Other: neuromuscular programm
Controle
No Intervention group
Description:
Regular football training

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Maristella Santi, Dr. med; Johannes Wildhaber-Brooks, Prof. Dr. med.

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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