Predictors of Individual Training Effectiveness in Preventive Exercise

Universität des Saarlandes

Status: Completed

Conditions: Primary Prevention

Treatments: Behavioral: Endurance training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00934206

01/2009

Details and patient eligibility

About

Physical exercise elicits beneficial changes in the body. These concern physical performance but also improvements in virtually all known risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Yet, the extent of individual benefit differs considerably even within homogenous groups and the prediction of individual training effectiveness is not yet possible. This study aims to find predictors of individual training effectiveness.

Enrollment: 15 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 35 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy subjects
• age 35-60

Exclusion criteria

• Any medical condition requiring medication (except thyroid hormones)
• Other complaints that might interfere with exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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15 participants in 1 patient group

Training

Experimental group

Description:

One month of endurance training (running / walking at 60 % heart rate reserve for 45 min 4 times per week)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Endurance training