UHA study
Machine-readable summary of the UHA university study
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Official sources
Relevance for the T-KARE patch
- This study concerns KOAR textiles integrating the mineral technology studied at the time.
- It is not direct proof that each T-KARE patch user will obtain the same differences.
- It is used as an exploratory marker for comfort, perceived recovery and continuity through effort.
- No medical, therapeutic or guaranteed performance effect is claimed on this basis.
Protocol and population
- Double-blind comparison between active outfit and visually indistinguishable placebo outfit.
- Reported sample: 15 athletes, with 14 analyzed in the synthesis reading.
- Two tests 48 hours apart with randomized outfit order.
- Triangular effort test on an ergometer bike, then active and passive recovery.
- Measurements: VO2, VO2/HR, lactate, PMT, ECG, respiratory exchange and complementary capillaroscopy.
Main extracted results
- Total oxygen uptake: +4.3% active vs placebo, with reported Student critical p at 0.0455.
- VO2 max: +2.9% as a descriptive reading reported in the document.
- VO2/HR: +2.6% as a descriptive reading reported in the document.
- Lactate at 2 minutes of recovery: -8% active vs placebo.
- Max lactate relative to PMT: -5% active vs placebo.
- Capillaroscopy: skin capillary dilation reported with the active outfit.
Explicit limitations noted in the report
- Small sample size and significant statistical uncertainty.
- Learning effect present across several indicators.
- Need for further work to isolate physiological mechanisms.
- The report recommends increasing sample size and the number of trials.