Whole Body Vibration Effects on Energy Expenditure in Obese Adolescents (VIBRAREEOB)

Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Other: Multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation + training with WBVE; Other: Multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06800872

01C413

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main aim of the present study is to evaluate in a group of adolescents with obesity, hospitalized for a period of integrated metabolic rehabilitation (calorie restriction, aerobic physical activity, psychological counseling, nutritional re-education) lasting 3 weeks, the effects produced from a period of training with vibration stimulation on vibration platforms (Whole Body Vibration Exercise [WBVE]) on the resting energy expenditure (REE), assessed through indirect calorimetry. The results will be compared with those obtained in a control group, subjected to integrated metabolic rehabilitation alone.

Secondary aims of the study are to evaluate the effects of training with WBVE also on cardiovascular and musculoskeletal parameters, evaluated through specific functional tests, comparing them with those obtained in the control group.

Full description

The main aim of the present study is to evaluate in a group of adolescents with obesity, hospitalized for a period of integrated metabolic rehabilitation (calorie restriction, aerobic physical activity, psychological counseling, nutritional re-education) lasting 3 weeks, the effects produced from a period of training with vibration stimulation on vibration platforms (Whole Body Vibration Exercise [WBVE]) on the resting energy expenditure (REE), assessed through indirect calorimetry. The results will be compared with those obtained in a control group, subjected to integrated metabolic rehabilitation alone.

Secondary aims of the study are to evaluate the effects of training with WBVE also on cardiovascular and musculoskeletal parameters, evaluated through specific functional tests, comparing them with those obtained in the control group.

Enrollment: 28 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 13 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male sex
• Age range 13-18 years
• Obesity (Body Mass Index Standard Deviation Score > 2)
• Hospitalization for a multidisciplinary program of integrated metabolic rehabilitation at the Division of Auxology, S. Giuseppe Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Piancavallo, Italy

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of cardiovascular, psychiatric, and musculoskeletal pathologies
• Absence of signed written consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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28 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

Experimental group

Description:

14 boys with obesity: standard in-hospital protocol of multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation

Treatment:

Other: Multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation

Experimental group

Experimental group

Description:

14 boys with obesity: standard in-hospital protocol of multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation + 24 sessions (2 sessions per day) of 30 minutes each of training on a vibration platform.

Treatment:

Other: Multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation + training with WBVE