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Water Exercise and Health (WATHEALTH)

Not Applicable
Conditions
Overweight
Hunger
Interventions
Behavioral: Food intake
Registration Number
NCT03978975
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Brief Summary

Aquatic cycling is becoming more popular as it appears to be more suitable for men and women even with poor physical activity level. Commercial tagline highlight beneficial effect of this activity on weight management. However there are poor information concerning the energy response induced by this activity. The aim of this project is to investigate effect of water temperature on energetic response (energy expenditure and food intake) of cycling exercise in water in normal weight and overweight premenopausal women.

Detailed Description

After inclusion visit, all subject will be submitted to DXA to obtain body composition data. Then subjects will be submitted to four experimental session in a semi-randomized order. For all those session, subjects will take a standardized breakfast (570kcal) three hours before experimental session.

Control session (CON): subject will stand sited without any activity during 40 min.

Subjects will be submitted to three aquatic cycling exercise session:

* session 27°C :aquatic cycling at 27°C without water jet during 40 min

* session 27°C+ water jets : aquatic cycling at 27 °C with water jets during 40 min

* session 18°C : aquatic cycling at 187°C without water jet during 40 min Every exercise session will be set at 70% of theorical maximal heart rate During each session, oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production will be analysed with gas analysis system. Appetite and hunger sensation will be measured with a specific scale at different time point of each day of experimental session. Thirty minutes after the end of each experimental session subjects will have a buffet meal for lunch time.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria
  • Women aged between 20 and 40 years
  • BMI under 25kg.m2 for normal weight women and between 25 and 29,9 kg.m2 for overweight women
  • Daily breakfast
  • Subject which approved informed consent
  • Subject with French medical affiliation
Exclusion Criteria
  • Specific medical treatment
  • Aquaphobia
  • Subject under specific diet regimen or weight loss program
  • Subject with cardio-vascular disease
  • Surgical intervention less than 3 months
  • Subject refusing informed and written consent
  • Subject without French medical affiliation
  • subject refusing inscription to the national voluntary list
  • subject being in an exclusion period
  • subject smoking or drinking alcohol frequently
  • subject with intense physical activity

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
overweight womenFood intake20 women with a body mass index ranging between 25 and 29,9 kg.m2
normal weight womenFood intake20 women with a body mass index ranging between 18,5 and 24,9 kg.m2
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Food intake during buffet meal 30 minutes after the end of experimental sessionDay 28

total energy intake at the post session lunch will be calculated by measuring food intake

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Energy expenditureDay 28

with a gas analyser energy expenditure will be measured in kcal

Appetite, hunger and satietyDay 28

using a visual analog scale from 0 millimeter (no sensation) to 100mm (highest sensation)

Perceived exertionDay 28

using Borg scale perceived exertion will be evaluated between 6 (very light) and 20 (extremely difficult)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU Clermont-Ferrand

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

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