Can Strength Training combined with Light Therapy reduce Insulin Resistance?

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Overweight; obesity

• Registration Number: RBR-7rtcpp6
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023
• Study Completion: 2024-08-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Be male or female;
Sign the informed consent form after reading and understanding it;
BMI > 25 kg/m2;
Be between 18 and 60 years old;
Have stable body mass (variation less than 3 kg) in the last 3 months;
Not being diagnosed, and not showing signs and symptoms of cardiovascular, metabolic or kidney disease from medical history;
Being insufficiently active (>150 min/week of moderate to intense physical activity) based on a questionnaire;
Being able to perform moderate to intense physical activity based on a questionnaire.

Exclusion Criteria

Being diabetic, or diagnosed with another metabolic disease;
Being diagnosed with cardiovascular or kidney disease;
Perform 150 min or more of moderate-intense physical activity per week;
Not being able to perform physical exercise of moderate to intense intensity;
Present signs or symptoms of metabolic, cardiovascular or renal disease;
Make use of drugs with an effect on the metabolism, anti-inflammatory or anabolic steroids;
Present musculoskeletal injury that prevents the performance of tests and strength training;
Be pregnant;
Have fasting blood glucose >125 mg/dl;
Present blood glucose >199 mg/dl at 120 min of the oral glucose tolerance test;
Missing 10% or more of training sessions.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Statistically significant change in the mean difference between and within groups after treatments in the result of the Cederholm insulin sensitivity index, calculated from the glucose and insulin results during the glucose tolerance test.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Statistically significant change in the mean difference between and within groups after treatments in 1) muscle strength (measured by the 1 RM test), 2) in fat mass, 3) in fat-free mass and 4) in visceral fat mass (measures through Dual Energy Radiological Absorptionmetry).