Clinical trial NCT06729138: Resisted Training in Runners
Official title: Resisted Training in Runners. A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Performance Enhancing
Keywords: Runners
Sprint
Performance
Sled training
Track and field
Lead sponsor: University of Cadiz
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-12-11
Enrollment: 80
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: INTRODUCTION: Sprint training and resisted sprint training with sled has generated interest in the scientific literature due to its potential to improve performance, different studies have shown that incorporating strength training and sprints into studies have shown that the incorporation of strength and sprint training into the training programmes of long-distance runners can have significant training programmes for long-distance runners can have significant effects on running economy, anaerobic capacity of the runners and the anaerobic capacity of athletes, along with various neuromuscular adaptations. Despite these findings, the application of sprint and resisted sprint training with dragging in middle-distance and long-distance runners has been and long-distance runners has been scarcely studied, with most studies focusing on sprinters and athletes from team sports and sprinters, leaving a gap in the understanding of how these methods can influence distance runners. Along with how the intensity of external external loads affect this type of work and the influence on key kinetic variables such as vertical oscillation, contact time with the oscillation, ground contact time and muscle stiffness in this specific population.

PURPOSE: Analyse the effects that sprint training and resisted sprint training can have on running economy, force production, speed and various kinetics variables such as vertical oscillation, contact time, speed and vertical oscillation, ground contact time and muscle stiffness. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A randomised, longitudinal, prospective, blinded, assessor-blinded clinical trial will be conducted. Different variables related to sports performance will be evaluated, such as maximum oxygen consumption, critical power, heart rate variability or kinetic variables, among others.

kinetic variables among others. The evaluation will be carried out before the application of the training intervention and after two months. The study will be conducted with runners recruited through athletics clubs in the region of Cadiz, being randomly assigned a system of numerical tables using a computer programme between the sprint group (n=40) and the resisted sprint group (n=40). Both groups will perform two training sessions training sessions for eight weeks, consisting of sprint or resisted sprint repetitions based on the assigned group.

KEY WORDS: athletics, runners, resisted training, sprint.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* At least 2 years of training experience as a runner.
* Do more than 30 kilometres per week.
* Perform at least 3 training sessions per week.
* Have competed in a 10km race or longer distance in the last 6 months.
* Be between 18 and 35 years old.
* Availability to attend the proposed training sessions.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have a musculoskeletal injury or have had a musculoskeletal injury in the 6 months prior to the start of the study.
* Have chronic diseases.
* Have a BMI over 24.9.
* Combine training and competition in other disciplines other than running.

Primary outcomes:
measure: V02 max
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 10 weeks
measure: Critical Power
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 10 weeks
measure: Jump Height
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 10 weeks. In each training sesion.
measure: Heart Rate
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 10 weeks
measure: Heart Rate Variability
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 10 weeks
measure: Stride Length
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 10 weeks
measure: Vertical oscillation
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 10 weeks
measure: Contact time
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 10 weeks
measure: Perceived exertion
timeFrame: In each training session through study completion, an average of 10 weeks
measure: Body Mass Index (BMI)
timeFrame: Through study completion, an average of 10 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cadiz
country: Spain
facility: CD Atletismo Bahía de Cádiz
state: Andalusia
Study officials:
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