Clinical trial NCT06371105: Aquatic_Training in Obese Women
Official title: Effect of Water-based Aerobic Training on Anthropometric, Biochemical, Cardiovascular, and Explosive Strength Parameters in Young Overweight and Obese Women
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Obesity
Keywords: aquatic training
body composition
lipid profile
obesity management
physical fitness testing
resting heart rate
Lead sponsor: University of Taipei
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-04-17
Enrollment: 31
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 29
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: This study aims to assess the effects of 10-week water-based aerobic training (thrice a week) on anthropometrics, biochemicals, cardiovascular parameters, and explosive strength in young overweight and obese women. The findings indicate that water-based aerobic training could be a useful program to enhance body composition, biochemical, cardiovascular, and explosive strength parameters in young overweight and obese women compared to inactive persons

Detailed description: This study is based on a randomized controlled trial with a pre-to-post testing design, twenty-seven young overweight and obese women were assigned to training group (a water-based aerobic training) or control group (maintaining their usual activities during the studying period. For each training session, water activities were implemented for 50 min which included warm-up (10 min), main activities (30 min), and cool-down (10 min). The swimming pool where the intervention took part was 1.50 m deep of water. The pre- and post-intervention participants were assessed for their anthropometrics, biochemicals (fasting glycemia, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride (TG)), resting blood pressure, and resting heart rate, and explosive strength of upper (countermovement jump and squat jump) and lower limbs (a seated medicine ball throw test).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age between 20 and 35 years
* Sedentary lifestyle within six month
* Not using drugs or other therapy for obesity.

Exclusion Criteria:

* BMI below 25.0 and over 34.9 kg.m-2
* having any infectious or skin diseases

Primary outcomes:
measure: fasting glycemia in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: total cholesterol in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: triglyceride concentrations in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: systolic blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: diastolic blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: heart rate in beat per minute
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: fasting glycemia in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
measure: total cholesterol in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
measure: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
measure: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
measure: triglyceride concentrations in millimoles per liter
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
measure: systolic blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
measure: diastolic blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
measure: heart rate in beat per minute
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
Secondary outcomes:
measure: countermovement jump in centimetres
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: squat jump in centimeters
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: chest 3-kg medicine ball throw in meters
timeFrame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
measure: countermovement jump in centimetres
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
measure: squat jump in centimeters
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
measure: chest 3-kg medicine ball throw in meters
timeFrame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Taipei
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Taipei
name: Yung-Sheng Chen, Ph.D.
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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