12 Weeks of Resistance Band Exercise Impacts on Metabolic Syndrome Progression in Postmenopausal Women

Pusan National University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Dyslipidemias; Insulin Resistance; Metabolic Syndrome

Treatments: Other: No exercise intervention group; Behavioral: Resistance band exercise intervention group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04014686

UNOmaha9

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to examine the impacts of a 12-week resistance band exercise program on insulin resistance, blood lipid profiles, body composition, and blood pressure in postmenopausal women with obesity.

Thirty-six postmenopausal women participated in this study. Participants were randomly allocated into the resistance band training group (EX, n = 18) or the control group (CON, n = 18). The EX group performed a resistance band exercise training program 60 minutes per day, 3 times per week, for 12 weeks. The CON group did not participate in any exercise, dietary, or behavioral intervention. Blood glucose, insulin, homeostatic model of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR), blood lipids, blood pressure, and body composition were measured before and after 12 weeks of EX or CON.

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• postmenopausal (cessation of menses for at least 12 consecutive months)
• abdominal obesity (waist > 80 cm)

Exclusion criteria

• current smoker (smoking within 6 months of participation)
• cardiovascular disease
• renal disease
• pulmonary disease
• thyroid disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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36 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

No exercise intervention

Treatment:

Other: No exercise intervention group

Exercise intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Exercise intervention group (resistance band exercise training for 12 weeks, 3x per week, for 60 minutes per day).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resistance band exercise intervention group