The Effects of Dehydration on the Performance of Judoka

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Dehydration

Treatments: Other: Dehydration

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03677674

VrijeUniversiteitB

Details and patient eligibility

About

Dehydration is a common phenomenon in judo that can lead to negative performance such as a decline in strength, a decline in anaerobic performance, a reduced body fluid balance, glycogen depletion and worsened psychological parameters. Therefore, we want to simulate several judo combats and look at the performances whether they change during a competition day. We also want to see if the results are different in a dehydrated versus euhydrated state.

Enrollment: 27 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• judoka
• minimum 18 years
• men and women
• only dehydration: sauna, warm bath, sweat suit

Exclusion criteria

• injured
• sick
• not underaged (18 years)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 2 patient groups

dehydrated

Experimental group

Description:

The participants will be dehydrated (at least 2% of their body weight) before performing the Sterkowicz test.

Treatment:

Other: Dehydration

euhydrated

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants will be normally hydrated (= euhydration) before performing the Sterkowicz test (i.e. no specific intervention will be implemented).