Clinical trial NCT05389111: Internal Discourses and Perception of Trail-running Effort
Official title: The Effect of Internal Discourses on the Perception of Trail-running Effort
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Exertion
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Grenoble
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-05-24
Enrollment: 180
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 55
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Determination of the effect of an intervention to develop the use of internal discourses on the perception of exercise during a sub-maximum effort following a trail running

Detailed description: The practice of mountain running or "trail" is in full development in France and elsewhere in the world. This sport practice is associated with various constraints specific to the activity.

These constraints imposed on the body during the preparation, participation and recovery of this type of effort have an impact on multiple aspects of the individual (physiological, psychological, neurological...). Some studies have made it possible in each of the fields to advance the current knowledge about the trail-running environment. However, there are very few links between variables from different fields of research, even though these links are at the origin of the complex individual responses observed in the field.

Therefore it seems important to study the practice of trail running and its consequences on the individual, relying on a systemic approach of the individual who studies how psychological phenomena, physiological and cerebral interactions to predict behaviour and its health consequences.

The biopsychosocial models are based on this systemic approach and postulate that the perception of the individual's effort would be the main limit to the continuity of effort, performance because it causes the intensity to decrease - or even stop the effort - if this sensation becomes too strong.

Consequently, the study of certain interventions aimed at reducing this perception of effort, such as the one proposed in this project, seems to be an essential step to propose to the practitioners of this type of sport strategies allowing to practice in a healthy and efficient way.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Male or female
* 18-55 years
* Subjects available in Grenoble before and during the 15 days after the race
* Subjects subject to a social security scheme
* Subjects able to sign informed consent.
* Fluent in French

Exclusion Criteria:

* Cardiorespiratory, metabolic and neurological conditions
* People treated with anxiolytics and/or neuroleptics or ATCD for behavioural disorders
* Persons refusing to sign the participation consent
* Persons under guardianship
* Persons referred to in Articles L1121-5 to L1121-8 of the CSP

Primary outcomes:
measure: Perception of effort during running.
timeFrame: 1 day
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Psychological profiles of trail-running practitioners
timeFrame: 18 months
measure: Perception of effort depending on running distance
timeFrame: 18 months
measure: Link between the individual's physical level and perception of effort
timeFrame: 18 months
measure: Serological library
timeFrame: 18 months
measure: Performance on a cognitive task
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Brain activation during a cognitive task
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Perception of effort, attentional focus, self-efficacy and resources of self-control during a race situation
timeFrame: 1 day
measure: Recovery kinetics of runners after a trail race.
timeFrame: 2 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Grenoble
country: France
facility: CHU Grenoble Alpes
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