Body Composition and Lifestyles in Athletes With Disabilities

Официальное название

Anthropometric, Dietary, Exercise, and Supplementation Profile in Athletes With Disabilities (PADES)

Обзор

Disability involves limitations that affect mobility and the ability to perform daily activities and achieve competitive goals. It is expected that disability has a significant impact on body composition, including reductions in lean mass and bone mineral content, and increases in fat mass and its distribution. Additionally, the assessment of food and dietary supplement intake among athletes with disabilities remains poorly described, despite its relevance in both sports and health contexts due to the potential benefits of individualized nutritional strategies. This research project, entitled Anthropometric, Dietary, Exercise, and Supplementation Profile in Athletes with Disabilities (PADES), aims to describe the anthropometric characteristics, physical exercise practices, and food and supplement intake in Spanish athletes with disabilities. The study seeks to address the current lack of standardized anthropometric data and the limited information on dietary and supplementation patterns in this population, which hinders a comprehensive understanding of the physiological, nutritional, and biomechanical aspects essential for their health and athletic performance. A cross-sectional, descriptive-correlational study will be conducted in Spanish athletes with disabilities recruited through the Spanish Federation of Sports for People with Physical Disabilities (FEDDF), the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Blind (FEDC), and the Spanish Federation of Sports for the Deaf (FEDS).

Подробное описание

The field of disability, there is a notable lack of standardized data on anthropometric measurements, physical activity practices, and food and/or supplement intake among athletes with disabilities. This gap limits our understanding of key physiological, nutritional, and biomechanical aspects of this population, making it difficult to generate evidence-based knowledge applicable to their health, athletic performance, and overall well-being. In the absence of specific data, designing personalized and effective nutrition or training programs becomes more challenging and imprecise.

The diversity in types of disabilities, functional classifications, and levels of physical activity demands an evidence-based approach to ensure that interventions are safe, effective, and tailored to the individual needs of athletes. Anthropometric assessment, dietary and supplement intake evaluation, as well as physical activity practices are measurable factors related to the nutritional health status of athletes with disabilities, directly influencing their physical performance and contributing to safer and more effective sports participation.

Establishing reference tables or consumption patterns will allow for comparisons between different types of disabilities and/or functional classes. These comparisons are essential to identify trends and develop targeted intervention strategies that benefit the broader population of athletes with disabilities.

Вмешательства

• Другое Diet
  frequency of food and supplement consumption
• Другое body composition
  body composition assessment
• Другое Physical activity
  Physical activity level
• Другое health status
  perception of health status

Первичные конечные точки

• Body Mass [Срок оценки: 4 years]
• Linear Dimensions (Stature, Girths, Lengths and Breadths) [Срок оценки: 4 years]
• Skinfolds [Срок оценки: 4 years]
• Body Composition Variables [Срок оценки: 4 years]

Вторичные конечные точки (3)

• Dietary intake assessed using the Food4Me FFQ [Срок оценки: 4 years]
• Supplement consumption assessed using the Sports Supplement Intake Questionnaire [Срок оценки: 4 years]
• Physical Activity Level assessed using the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-SF) [Срок оценки: 4 years]

Критерии участия

Критерии включения

• Acceptation of informed consent
• Have a federation license and at least two years of experience practicing the sport in which they will be classified.
• Follow a training program with a minimum frequency of three days per week.
• Have maintained training continuity for at least one month without absences.
• Any type of disability.

Критерии исключения

• No attendance to the evaluations
• Reporting less than 80% of assistance to physical activity sessions reported by trainer

Критерии приведены из реестра в оригинале (на английском). Окончательную оценку соответствия проводит исследовательский центр.

Здоровые добровольцы: Да

Дизайн исследования

Модель наблюдения

Когортное

Центры проведения

Испания · 1 центр

• Faculty of Health Sciences. University of Alicante — San Vicent del Raspeig

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Идентификаторы

NCT: NCT07464899 · UA-2025-02-14

Первоисточники (государственные реестры)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (NIH, США)

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