Running Effect on Cardiovascular and Muscular Parameters

University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Medical School

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 3

Conditions

Healthy

Untrained

Males

30-50 Years Old

Treatments

Other: exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01406730

FAU-IMP-4463

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine the effect of 16 weeks of running exercise on various parameters related to heart, vascular systems, blood, and muscle in untrained males 30-50 years old.

Further, the investigators assess which of the above mentioned parameters may explain the increase of running performance most accurate.

Enrollment

80 patients

Sex

Male

Ages

30 to 50 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

males
untrained (< 2 endurance exercise sessions/week)
30-50 years old

Exclusion criteria

pathological changes of the heart
inflammable diseases
medication/diseases affecting cardiovascular system and muscle
very low physical capacity (< 100 Watt at ergometry)
obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2)
more than 2 weeks of absence during the interventional period
more than 2 exercise session beside the intervention
contraindication related to MRI-assessment (i.e. claustrophobia, magnetizable intracorporal artefacts)