Blue-green Space Physical Activity: the "Parco Del Mare" Study

Università degli Studi 'G. d'Annunzio' Chieti e Pescara

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Natural Outdoor Environment; Health Promotion; Healthy Adults

Treatments: Other: Exercise program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06533943

0121439

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study protocol, describe the innovative study intervention which will be performed in a green-blue space in Italy in order to investigate on the improvements in wellbeing following participation in the study. This will be significant because it will provide evidence on the effectiveness of the supervised physical activities carried out in green-blue space in improving health, quality of life, physical performance, anthropometric outcomes and physiological parameters in adults, indicating the reasonableness for public health authorities to developing such activities.

Full description

The aim of the "Parco del Mare" pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and the effects of a moderate-intensity exercise program carried out in a green-blue space, on health outcomes such as quality of life and physical performance. Healthy adults with no contraindication to practice physical activity will be recruited and divided into two groups: the experimental group involved in the exercise sessions performed twice a week for 6-months, while the control group received no intervention. Validated tests and questionnaires will be used to detect health parameters at baseline (T0) and follow-up (T1). The investigators expected the intervention carried out in the Parco del Mare setting to be feasible and effective in improving health parameters, quality of life and physical performance in healthy adults.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult population aged >18 years old
• Resident in Rimini

Exclusion criteria

• Any alterations in communication skills and/or sensory functions so severe as to make it impossible to understand and/or execute the instructions given by the trainer (dementia, aphasia, blindness, deafness)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the experimental group (EG) undergo the exercise program designed for the purpose of the study. The outdoor sessions will be carried out in groups (2 sessions per week, lasting 1 hour each one) and administered by trainers with a master's degree in Science and Technique of Preventive and Adapted Physical Activity (kinesiologists).

Treatment:

Other: Exercise program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group (CG) will be asked to abstain from structured exercise or training, limiting their physical effort to activities needed for daily life.