Effects of High-energy Nutritional Protein-based Bar on the Performance of Young Athletes

Superior University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Enduring Personality Change

Treatments: Combination Product: Normal diet plus nutritional protein-based bar; Diagnostic Test: Normal diet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07065513

MSAHSW/Batch-Fall23/927

Details and patient eligibility

About

A study will be conducted in Lahore. Non probability convenience sampling technique will be applied on patients who will be allocated through computerized randomization into group A & group B to collect data.

Full description

Group A will be given normal diet and group B will be given normal diet in addition to protein bars. The study will be completed within the time duration of nine months. Primary Outcome measures of the research will be protein effects and quality of life in protein deficiency malnourished children. Data will be analyzed using SPSS software version 25.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Boys and girls aged 18-25 years.
• Regularly playing team sports (football, volleyball, cricket).
• Average of 5 hours per day spent in field activities (practice + matches).

Exclusion criteria

• Allergies to bar ingredients (e.g., nuts).
• Metabolic disorders affecting nutrient absorption.
• Protein-energy malnutrition (PEM).
• Hospitalized adults.
• Eating disorders or diagnosed mental illness"

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Normal diet

Experimental group

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: Normal diet

Normal diet plus nutritional protein-based bar

Experimental group

Treatment:

Combination Product: Normal diet plus nutritional protein-based bar