Changes in Cognition During a 24-h Simulated Military Operation
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Cognitive Impairment
In brief
Sustained military operations (SUSOPs) result in psychological stress and cognitive dysfunction, which may be related to the recruitment of classical monocytes into the brain. Goals: * To investigate the effect of sustained-release beta-alanine on changes in cognition and markers of immune cell recruitment during a 24-hour simulated military operation. * To examine associations between changes cognition and changes in markers mediating immune cell recruitment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04250480
- Run by
- University of Central Florida
- People needed
- 40
- Starts
- 2017-10-02
- Expected to finish
- 2018-04-15
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-01-31
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Participants in this study will be males aged 18-35, preferably with military training or are current Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets
- Free of any physical limitations (determined by medical and activity history questionnaire [MHQ] and the physical activity readiness questionnaire [PAR-Q+]).
- Participants will be required to be recreationally-active (defined according to American College of Sports Medicine standards of at least 150 minutes exercise per week).
- Participants must be willing abstain from dietary supplementation throughout the duration of the study.
- Participant understands the study procedures and signs forms providing informed consent to participate in the study.
You may not qualify if…
- Individual does not provide consent to participate in this study.
- Inability to perform physical exercise (determined by health and activity questionnaire [MHQ] and physical activity readiness questionnaire [PAR-Q+]). That is Answering "Yes" to any question on the PAR-Q+, or having a pre-existing condition such as musculoskeletal injury, back pain, chronic pain etc. that the investigative team perceives will prevent a participant from safely completing the protocol.
- Taking any other nutritional supplement or performance-enhancing drug (determined from health and activity questionnaire).
- Regularly taking any type of prescription or over-the-counter medication, or having any chronic illnesses, which require medical care.
- Inability to complete any of the exercise performance testing on the familiarization day.
Where it is running
- Kinesiology Research Labs — Orlando, Florida, United States
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