Effect of Two Exercise Programs on Obese Patients

Rowan University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Obesity

Treatments: Other: Exercise Type

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03980860

Pro2019000482

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare the effectiveness of two exercise programs (High Intensity Interval Training/HIIT and Low Intensity (LIT) Long Duration training) on decreasing fat mass and preserving lean body mass in obese patients. What the investigators are proposing is that HIIT is less effective because it will most likely decrease lean body mass in obese patients, whereas LIT decreases fat mass and conserves lean body tissue.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 89 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Anyone with a BMI of 25 and above

Exclusion criteria

• Those that cannot exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 3 patient groups

HIIT (High Intensity Interval Training)

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects are undergoing high intensity interval training

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Type

Low intensity training long duration

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects are undergoing a lower intensity training program for a long duration

Treatment:

Other: Exercise Type

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No exercise program intervention (usual care)