Resistance Training in Children
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Interventions
- Other: Resistance exercise training
- Registration Number
- NCT06096610
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
- Brief Summary
The project is going to examine the effects of resistance exercise training in prepubescent youth on skeletal muscle strength and lipid content.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 3
Inclusion Criteria
- Healthy volunteer males and females ages 8 - 10 years.
Exclusion Criteria
- No history or ongoing neuromuscular diseases.
- No history or ongoing musculoskeletal injuries.
- No history or ongoing disease that effects metabolism.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Resistance exercise training Resistance exercise training Participants undergo 24 sessions of resistance exercise training over about 8 weeks.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in the muscular strength of leg extensors, as measured with isotonic strength. baseline, following the intervention (9 weeks) The score will reflect the strength of the leg extensors. The higher score, reflects greater muscular strength.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change from baseline in thigh muscle cross-sectional area. baseline, following the intervention (9 weeks) Scores are measured cross-sectional area from ultrasound images. The higher score, reflects greater muscle size of the leg extensors.
Trial Locations
- Locations (3)
Hoglund Biomedical Imaging Center
🇺🇸Kansas City, Kansas, United States
Exercise and Human Performance Laboratory
🇺🇸Overland Park, Kansas, United States
Metabolic and Body Composition Laboratory
🇺🇸Overland Park, Kansas, United States