The Effects of Weighted Waist-Hooping

The Sage Colleges

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: weighted waist-hooping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04213560

545-2016-2017

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purposes: 1) To determine the effects of weighted waist-hooping on balance in healthy individuals and 2) to observe whether these effects are attributed to neuromuscular conditioning or core strength gains.

Methods: 27 females (ages 20-45) were included, 15 in the intervention group, and 12 in the control. The intervention consisted of six weeks of weighted waist-hooping four times a week for 10 minutes each session. Balance was assessed pre and post intervention using the BESS, SEBT, and Neurocom SOT. Core strength was assessed using hold duration of a bilateral and unilateral plank.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 45 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy women age 18-45.

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy and vertigo

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 2 patient groups

Weighted waist-hooping

Experimental group

Description:

Participants weighted waist-hooping on their own for ten minutes a day, four days a week, for six weeks resulting in a total of 40 minutes of weighted waist-hooping each week. Participants weighted waist-hooped with a three-pound weighted hula hoop at the waist for ten minutes. Half time hooping to the left and the other half hooping to the right. If discomfort while hooping occurred participants were instructed to take breaks, change directions more frequently, or where thicker clothing to lessen the impact of the hoop around their waists. The investigators would check in on the participants weekly to provide feedback on technique and answer all questions throughout the six-week intervention.

Treatment:

Device: weighted waist-hooping

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

No Intervention