Evaluation of waterbased and land-based training in overweight and obese subjects, a randomized, controlled pilot study

Not Applicable

• Conditions: E66.9; Obesity, unspecified

• Registration Number: DRKS00014004
• Lead Sponsor: IBF Balneologie am IUK, Uniklinik Freiburg

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-07-31
• Study Completion: 2019-04-15
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 84

Inclusion Criteria

•BMI = 25 kg/m²
•= 18 years,
•signed consent
•abilitiy to participate in the trial

Exclusion Criteria

• Participation in other studies
• serious illnesses that make physical training impossible
? relevant diseases of the cardiovascular system: e.g. Heart failure (dyspnoea at rest, leg edema), symptomatic PAOD, exercise-related or even unstable angina pectoris,
• acute infection, fever
• Reasons that exclude training on land
? e.g. relevant musculoskeletal disorders (e.g., severe osteoarthritis), paralysis
• reasons excluding public baths
? e.g. open skin injuries, waterborne diseases
• Aquafitness or scheduled on-shore training (> 1 time per week) in the last 3 months
• pregnancy, lactation,
• Diseases that make participation in the study impossible, e.g. Dementia or mental illness
• Conditions that do not make study participation possible, e.g. insufficient knowledge of German, no way to get there or time for training or measurements

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
6-minutes-walk/run-test before and after therapy, between groups

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
bodyweight<br>Waist-hip-circumference<br>SF12<br>IPAQ (international Physical Activity Questionneaire)<br>Preference of therapy<br>Adverse effects<br>Blood values (Chol, HDL, LDL, TG, Hba1c)<br><br> before and after and 12 weeks after therapy, between groups<br>