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Health-related physical fitness adaptations in sedentary obese women after 8 weeks of high-intensity circuit training using body weight

Phase 4
Completed
Conditions
healthy obese females
obesity
Registration Number
TCTR20210611004
Lead Sponsor
Graduated study grant for master degree student
Brief Summary

Twenty-four sedentary obese females were allocated into twelve HICT BW training females or twelve non-training control females. HICTBW training females improved body composition compared with non-training at week- 8. Also, the markers of physical fitness and cardiovascular endurance significantly progressed over the course of the 8-week program. Whereas, no changes were observed in the non-training females.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
24
Inclusion Criteria

Female aged between 22-30 years old
-Healthy
-no resistance exercise or training for competition experience
-had BMI value between 18.5-24.9 kg/m2 for the normal-weight group
-had BMI value between 25-30 kg/m2 for the overweight weight group

Exclusion Criteria

-Took the medicine about muscles and/or bone treatment
-Took the supplement affected to muscles and/or bone mass
-Had diagnosed with musculoskeletal system injury
-Had factors affected to exercise; cardiovascular disease such as stroke, hypertension, heart disease.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
body composition 8 weeks body weight, skeletal muscle mass, body fat mass, percent body fat , visceral fat area and skeletal muscle mass to visceral fat area ratio (MFR)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
cardiovascular endurance consisting 8 weeks heart rate (HR), relative peak oxygen consumption, and work load (Load),physical fitness variables 8 weeks flexibility of lower back and hamstrings (FlexLH), back and leg muscle strength (Strength BL), and right and left relative handgrip strength
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