Effective Training in Overweight and Obese People

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

• Registration Number: NCT00218920
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

The aim is to come to a consensus about how to prescribe exercise training that actually helps overweight and obese people. Thus, the present study determines the effects of several types of exercise training to define the one with the largest effect with the least effort.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09
• Study First Submitted: 2005-09-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-09-20
• Study First Posted: 2005-09-22
• Primary Completion: 2008-01
• Study Completion: 2008-01
• Status Verified: 2017-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-10-13
• Last Update Posted: 2017-10-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• Body mass index (BMI) over 30

Exclusion Criteria

• Not able to walk on a treadmill
• Participating in an other study
• Serious cardiovascular diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body weight	12 weeks
Aerobic capacity	12 weeks
Endothelial function	12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Molecular markers in fat and skeletal muscle biopsies for the effects of exercise training	12 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway