Clinical trial NCT06529354: 24-Week Water Aerobics Program for Adults and Older Adults at Different Intensity Levels
Official title: The Role of Exercise Intensity in Water Aerobics: Improving Health Markers in Adults and Older Adults Over 24 Weeks
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: Aquatic exercise
Intensity
Physical fitness
Health-related
Quality of life
Lead sponsor: University of Beira Interior
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-07-31
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This goal of this clinical trial is to verify the best way to do water aerobics with adults and older adults. It wants to answer these questions:

* Is high-intensity water aerobics better than water aerobics performed at moderate intensity?
* Does a 24-week water aerobics program improve muscle strength, body weight, fat mass, triglycerides, cholesterol, blood pressure, and quality of life for adults and older adults?

Participants must:

* Do water aerobics at high or moderate intensity, twice a week for 45 minutes per class, for 24 weeks.
* Be assessed before starting the water aerobics program and after it ends to see if there are gains in muscle strength, body weight, fat mass, triglycerides, cholesterol, blood pressure, and quality of life.

It was believed that all variables would get better after doing water aerobics, no matter the intensity. It was also expected that doing higher-intensity water aerobics would lead to larger gains in all measurements compared to moderate-intensity.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* At least 18 years of age

Exclusion Criteria:

* taking part in another physical exercise program
* being recently hospitalized
* having severe motor or cognitive problems
* having any medical restrictions on physical exercise

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in explosive strength of lower limbs at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in explosive strength of upper limbs at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in endurance strength of lower limbs at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in endurance strength of upper limbs at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in body mass at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in fat mass percentage at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in fat-free mass at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in body mass index at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in triglycerides at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in total cholesterol at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in diastolic blood pressure at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in systolic blood pressure at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
measure: Change from Baseline in resting heart rate at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline in quality of life at 24 weeks
timeFrame: Baseline and week 25
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Abrantes
country: Portugal
facility: Tramagal Municipal Swimming Pool
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Beira Interior
name: Luís Faíl
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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