Skeletal Muscle Response to Amino Acids and Load Carriage Exercise
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Official title
Skeletal Muscle and Physical Performance Responses to Leucine-Enriched Nutrition Supplementation During Load Carriage
Brief summary
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Warfighters often experience physical overload, as the uniform and associated gear that they carry burdens them with substantial loads. The loads increase energy expenditure to levels that exceed a Warfighter's typical energy intake. The typical assault load is approximately 25 kg, although loads as high as 55 kg are often carried, which when combined with extreme energy expenditures can degrade health and performance, and increase the risk of injury. Branched-chain amino acid (leucine) supplementation may confer protection against the negative effects of operational stress by stimulating muscle protein synthesis and reducing degradation. This study will determine if leucine-enriched nutrition supplementation confers protection against the negative consequences of sustained load carriage exercise, and explore the mechanisms by which leucine might impart protection.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01714479
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 40 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years to 39 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Sep 30, 2012
- Primary completion
- Oct 31, 2013
- Completion
- Oct 31, 2013
- Last update posted
- Jul 20, 2017
2012 – 2013
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine | Natick | Massachusetts | 01760 | — |
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