How Does Iron Supplementation Affect Training and Performance in Female Collegiate Rowers?

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Iron Deficiency (Without Anemia)

In brief

The specific aims of the current study were: 1) To determine the prevalence of IDNA in a sample of female rowers at the beginning of a training season; 2) To determine how IDNA affects endurance training and performance at the beginning of a training season; 3) To determine how iron supplementation affects iron status, training and performance in IDNA female collegiate rowers. The researchers hypothesized that IDNA affects endurance performance in female collegiate rowers both in and outside of the laboratory, and that iron supplementation of IDNA rowers will improve iron status, and consequently, training quality via increased energetic efficiency.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01383798

Run by

Cornell University

People needed

40

Starts

2008-08-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-03-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 30. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• non-smoking
• current member of college/university rowing team

You may not qualify if…

• acute or chronic injury or illness at time of screening
• physician-diagnosed asthma, musculoskeletal problems, or eating disorders
• pregnant or lactating
• use of steroids or other performance-enhancing substances

Where it is running

• Human Metabolic Research Unit, MVR Hall, Cornell University — Ithaca, New York, United States

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