Bed Rest, Inactivity and Early Responses

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Metabolic Responses to Inactivity
• Interventions: Other: Physical inactivity

• Registration Number: NCT02981927
• Lead Sponsor: University of Exeter

Brief Summary

To evaluate the early metabolic responses (whole body and within muscle tissue) to a single day of whole body physical inactivity (i.e. bed-rest), and evaluate the contribution of inactivity per se vs alterations in diet

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-01
• Study First Submitted: 2016-11-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-11-30
• Primary Completion: 2016-12-02
• Study Completion: 2016-12-02
• Study First Posted: 2016-12-05
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-23
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy and aged 18-40 y
• BMI between 18 and 30

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Exclusion Criteria

• On medication
• Family history of metabolic disease
• Diagnosed with any metabolic or cardiovascular conditions
• BMI < 18 or > 30

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Bed rest balanced diet	Physical inactivity	24 hour period of whole body bed-rest fed in energy balance
Bed rest matched diet	Physical inactivity	24 hour period of whole body bed-rest with a matched diet

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Glucose tolerance	24 hours

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Sport & Health Sciences; 🇬🇧 Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom