Pomegranate Improve Biological Recovery Kinetics in Elite Weightlifter

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• Last refreshed on: 11 April 2016
• Main ID: NCT02697903
• Date of registration: 24/02/2016
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: The Higher Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Sfax
• Public title: Pomegranate Improve Biological Recovery Kinetics in Elite Weightlifter
• Scientific title: Pomegranate Supplementation Accelerates the Recovery Kinetics of Muscle Damage, Muscle Soreness and Inflammatory Marker After Weightlifting Training Session.
• Date of first enrolment: January 2015
• Target sample size: 9
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02697903
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Tunisia

Contacts

• Name: Achraf Ammar, Dr
• Affiliation: Institute of sport and physical education of Sfax, Tunisia

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- trained at least five sessions per week with 90 to 120 min per session

- had an experience of more than 3 years in Olympic weightlifting

Exclusion Criteria:

- use any antioxidant (e.g., vitamin E, A, C etc..) or anti-inflammatory during the
experimentation period and one month before

- had injuries during the experimentation period and one month before



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 24 Years
Gender: Male

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Healthy

Intervention(s)

Dietary Supplement: Placebo Juice

Dietary Supplement: Natural Pomegranate Juice

Primary Outcome(s)

Change in Acute Hematological responses from using Placebo to using Pomegranate juice [Time Frame: 3min after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

Change in Delayed Hematological responses from using Placebo to using Pomegranate juice [Time Frame: 48h after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

Change in Delayed Biochemical responses from using Placebo to using Pomegranate juice [Time Frame: 48h after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

Change in physical performance from using Placebo to using Pomegranate juice [Time Frame: 3min after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

Change in Acute Biochemical responses from using Placebo to using Pomegranate juice [Time Frame: 3min after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Change in the acute Heart rate ( HR) response from Placebo to Pomegranate supplementation [Time Frame: 3min after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

Baseline values of body mass [Time Frame: at baseline status]

Change in the acute fatigue perception (RPE values) from Placebo to Pomegranate supplementation [Time Frame: 3min after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

Change in the acute oral temperature response from Placebo to Pomegranate supplementation [Time Frame: 3min after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

baseline values of height [Time Frame: at baseline status]

Change in the delayed muscle soreness (DOMS values) from Placebo to Pomegranate supplementation [Time Frame: 48 after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

Change in the acute systolic arterial pressure (SAP) response from Placebo to Pomegranate supplementation [Time Frame: 3min after Placebo and Pomegranate training sessions]

Secondary ID(s)

16-2015

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors