High-intensity Exercise Training or Multidisciplinary Treatment in Extremely Obese Adolescents

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity; Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: intensity controlled interval training (AIT); Behavioral: Multidisciplinary approach (MTG)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00682266

251076

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of a multidisciplinary approach and intensity-controlled interval training on cardiovascular risk factors in overweight adolescents

Enrollment: 54 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI >+ 2SD (age adjusted)
• Fitted for group treatment
• at least one parent attending the treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Not able to join treatment
• not able to walk

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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54 participants in 2 patient groups

Aerobic interval training

Experimental group

Description:

intensity-controlled interval training

Treatment:

Behavioral: intensity controlled interval training (AIT)

MTG

Experimental group

Description:

multidisciplinary approach

Treatment:

Behavioral: Multidisciplinary approach (MTG)