The Effects of Nutritional Supplementation on Occupational Performance in Firefighters

Ward Dobbs

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fatigue

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Control; Dietary Supplement: Creatine Monohydrate

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06172543

UWisconsinLaCrosse

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to assess the usefulness of protein and carbohydrate supplementation, with and without creatine, on occupational performance in firefighters. Research has examined the effects of adding creatine to whey protein and carbohydrates on training adaptations in resistance-trained individuals with mixed finding.

Furthermore, the ergogenic benefit of protein and carbohydrate supplementation, with or without creatine, in firefighters is largely unknown. Therefore, the primary aim of the current study was to examine the effects of protein and carbohydrate supplementation, with or without creatine, on occupational performance in firefighters.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a firefighter between the ages of 18-55 years of age, and medically cleared for field duty.

Exclusion criteria

• Any current musculoskeletal or neurological condition that would prohibit the completion of performance testing.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Creatine Monohydrate Group

Experimental group

Description:

25 grams of Whey Protein Isolate + 25 grams of Carbohydrate Powder + 5 grams of Creatine

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Creatine Monohydrate

Non Creatine Group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

25 grams of Whey Protein Isolate + 25 grams of Carbohydrate Powder only

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Control