Effects of a Zumba Dance Program for Postmenopausal Women With Metabolic Syndrome (ZumBeat)

University of Basel

Status: Completed

Conditions: Metabolic Syndrome

Treatments: Other: Zumba dance

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02384694

EKNZ 2014-033

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of a 12-week Zumba dance intervention on fitness, anthropometric and psychometric parameters and eating behavior.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 45 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• postmenopausal women (Age 45-65)
• waist of >94 cm or BMI > 30kg/m2
• not physically active >1x/week for 20 minutes
• written consent before the start of the study

Exclusion criteria

• involvement in other clinical studies
• unable to participate at the dance lessons
• medical contraindications for the intervention or increased risk for exercise participation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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17 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Zumba dance intervention

Treatment:

Other: Zumba dance