Effects of Exercise Training in Bariatric Patients

University of Sao Paulo

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: Exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02441361

Exercise & Bariatric

Details and patient eligibility

About

Bariatric surgery may attenuate insulin resistance and low-grade inflammation in obese subjects. This trial aims to test whether exercise training can add to the benefits of bariatric surgery on insulin sensitivity and inflammation. In addition, this study aims to investigate whether exercise training can counteract bone loss induced by bariatric surgery.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• body mass index ≥ 35 kg/m2
• not engaged in physical activity programs
• without any physical limitation that could preclude exercise participation

Exclusion criteria

• body mass index < 35 kg/m2
• regular participation in physical activities programs
• cancer or any other disease that could limit participation in exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

control

No Intervention group

Description:

Subjects will undergo bariatric surgery and no exercise training will be prescribed.

exercise training

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will undergo bariatric surgery and exercise training will be prescribed.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training