Cardiovascular Responses to Spartathlon Running

Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

Status

Completed

Conditions

Disorder Heart

Treatments

Other: 246-km running

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03304483

84542

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the cardiovascular effects of ultramarathon running and their relation to performance.

Full description

The purpose of the study is to determine the changes of cardiovascular morphology and function after an ultramarathon race. 50 entrants to the "Spartathlon 2017" 246-km running race will participate in the study. Cardiac and arterial morphology and function tests will be conducted one day before the race and within 20 minutes of race completion.

Enrollment

50 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 67 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Runners at least 18 years old, healthy and sufficiently trained.
Runners being accepted to participate in the Spartathlon race according to the eligibility criteria (http://www.spartathlon.gr/en/registration-en.html)
Runners who will volunteer to be examined pre- and post the race

Exclusion criteria