Adherence and Health Effects of Video Dance in Postmenopausal Women

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Post Menopausal
• Interventions: Behavioral: videodance; Behavioral: Brisk Walking; Behavioral: delayed entry control

• Registration Number: NCT01443455
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

Brief Summary

This is a 6 month randomized clinical trial comparing video dance, brisk walking and delayed entry controls. The interventions have two phases; a 12 week initiation phase with substantial structure and supervision, followed by a 12 week transition phase, with reduced structure and supervision. Participants are 168 overweight or obese, sedentary postmenopausal women aged 50 to 65; 60 in each exercise arm and 48 in the wait list control group.

The following research questions will be assessed:

1. Is exercise adherence at 6 months better with video dance games compared to brisk walking?

2. Does video dance game exercise compared to wait list controls, induce beneficial changes in physical and mental health?

3. Does video dance game exercise compared to brisk walking better promote balance, attention and visual spatial skills, without loss of benefit to cardiovascular fitness?

4. Is video dance preferred to brisk walking for exercise among postmenopausal women? If so, who and why?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-01
• Study First Submitted: 2011-09-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-09-28
• Study First Posted: 2011-09-29
• Primary Completion: 2012-07-31
• Study Completion: 2012-09-30
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-09-27
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 168

Inclusion Criteria

• Participants must be female
• age 50-65
• not currently exercising at least 20 minutes
• three times per week
• a BMI of 25 or higher

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Exclusion Criteria

• Exclusions are largely related to medical safety and include history of osteoporosis, osteoporotic fractures, active cardiovascular disease, uncontrolled hypertension, weight bearing pain that would limit exercise, seizure disorder or any medical condition or medication that would limit the safety of the study.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
VideoDance	videodance	-
Brisk Walking	Brisk Walking	-
Delayed entry control	delayed entry control	Participants who are randomized to the delayed entry non-exercise control group receive the American Heart Association pamphlet, but no direct support for exercise implementation. After they have completed six months of follow up, they are invited to select any combination of dancing and walking that they prefer and then receive support and instruction according to the protocols described above.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adherence	six months after randomization	minutes per week of moderate or greater physical exercise activity assessed using accelerometers and activity diaries

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
attention domain	3 and 6 monhts	subtests of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status
Useful Field of View	3 and 6 monhts	Useful Field of View test
personality	baseline	NEO Personality Inventory
step reaction time	3 and 6 months	Step Reaction Tasks
Endurance	3 and 6 months	timed 2 km walk
body composition	6 months	Lunar Prodigy DXA scanner for lean body mass and total fat mass
vascular health	6 months	blood pressure, pulse, lipid levels, fasting glucose, fasting insulin and C reactive protein
balance	3 and 6 months	timed one foot stand and timed narrow walk
sleep quality	3 and 6 monhts	Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index
visuospatial/constructional function	3 and 6 monhts	domain of the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Pittsburgh; 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States