Research Subjects Needed

billy.fish

The Effect of Acute Sleep Deprivation on Cycling Performance.

The School of Health and Human Performance at DCU are conducting a research study to investigate the effects of acute sleep deprivation on physiological and psychological function of endurance trained cyclists. The purpose of this study is to investigate how sleep deprivation and quality of sleep affects endurance cyclists during longer duration cycling events such as the Race Across America, Race Around Ireland, and 24 hour mountain bike racing.

We are looking for healthy physically active male cyclists who have been training for a minimum of the past 6 months and have raced within the past year. The testing will involve a minimum of four trips to the Health and Human Performance laboratories’ based in Dublin City University. This will include an initial visit for maximal fitness testing (via a VO2max test), two over night stays, and a final visit to measure recovery. During one of the overnight stays participants will remain awake for 24 hours with intermittent monitoring of physiological and cognitive measures, the other overnight stay will involve the participants following normal sleep and diet patterns.

During these trips to the performance labs in DCU you will undergo monitoring of cycling performance via a 20 minute time trial (via a cycle ergometer), physiological performance (via heart rate, respiration, lactate and sleep quality measurement), cognitive performance (via four computerized cognitive function tests), and have blood taken via a venous blood sample for analysis in DCU laboratories. You will be tested in a similar fashion 4 times throughout the 24 hour period. For another of the visits you will be allowed to sleep for a maximum of 8 hours and will be tested 4 times (as above) over the 24 hour period.

After the tests have been performed you will be given information relating to your current level of fitness, as well as the influence of sleep deprivation on you. You will also receive feedback based your fitness during the VO2max trial which can be used to set training zones and targets for the summers racing.

If you would like to hear more about this study or would consider participating, please contact Gregory May (Ph: O1-7OO8214 (office) 10am- 5:30pm Mon-Fri, O87-9O83684 (mobile) or email: gregory.c.may(at)gmail.com).

Lumen

Sleep deprivation, VO2Max tests, syringes and exams. What's not to like?

Vélo

Sleep deprivation - I get that every feckin night

mloc123

Reading that I have visions of cube in my head... I don't know why.

billy.fish

There will be free food.

Chips Lovell

billy.fish wrote: »

There will be free food.

I think you had Lumen at syringes.

ROK ON

I have two infant twins. The b*stards never sleep.
Feck DCU, I will pay any of ye to spend one night in my house with them. Hell I will through in as much free food, beer, wine and drugs as ye like.
Ye stay with the kids, get sleep deprived all ye like - if ye want to be sleep deprived while on a bike then bring a turbo and ye can use my bike.

(Meanwhile meself and the missus will head off somewhere and get some sleep).

petethedrummer

I am currently sleep and cycling deprived.

c0rk3r

billy.fish wrote: »

hear more about this study

I;d like to hear more about this study. If you've published anything in accessible journals (online) id like to read the material or anything science-cycling related.

Cheers

IM0

you should only be allowed to post in here after 2am.