24-Week Water Aerobics Program for Adults and Older Adults at Different Intensity Levels

University of Beira Interior

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Behavioral: Moderate-intensity Group; Behavioral: High-intensity Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06529354

CE-UBI-Pj-2019-051

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Moderate-intensity Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants engaged in 45-minute water aerobics sessions twice a week for 24 weeks at moderate intensities.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Moderate-intensity Group

High-intensity Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants engaged in 45-minute water aerobics sessions twice a week for 24 weeks at high intensities.

Treatment:

Behavioral: High-intensity Group