WAVE Study- Walking and Aging in VErona Study

Integrated University Hospital Trust of Verona

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hypertension; Sarcopenic Obesity; Abdominal Obesity; Overweight and Obesity; Cardiovascular Risk Factor; Metabolic Syndrome; Disability Physical

Treatments: Behavioral: Nordic Walking; Behavioral: Walking; Behavioral: Diet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03212391

739CESC

Details and patient eligibility

About

Monocentric unblinded two parallel-group randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of diet with or without Nordic Walking on weight loss, physical performance and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight and obese population

Full description

To examine the impact of a 48-week of diet +/- Nordic Walking program on physical performance, muscle function, cardiovascular risk factors and arterial stiffness in community-dwelling overweight and obese elderly men and women.

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 90 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 60-90 years

  • Males and females

    . BMI > 27 kg/m2

  • living in Verona (Italy)

  • stable weight in the 3 months

  • not involved in physical exercise programs

  • informed consent sign

Exclusion criteria

• cardiovascular disease (unstable angina, recent myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmias, heart failure, valvular heart disease, aortic aneurysm, recent intracerebral or subdural hemorrhage, not controlled hypertension)
• musculoskeletal disease (symptomatic discal hernia, symptomatic arthrosis, acute articular, tendon or ligament lesions, hip prothesis).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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64 participants in 2 patient groups

Diet+Walking

Experimental group

Description:

52 weeks of Diet+26 weeks supervised Walking 3 times per week, followed by 26 weeks of unsupervised Walking

Treatment:

Behavioral: Diet

Behavioral: Walking

Diet+Nordic Walking

Experimental group

Description:

52 weeks of Diet+26 weeks supervised Nordic Walking 3 times per week, followed by 26 weeks of unsupervised Nordic Walking

Treatment:

Behavioral: Diet

Behavioral: Nordic Walking