NCT02060240

Physical Activity and Obesity

Physical Activity and Obesity: The Role of Nitric Oxide and Eicosanoids in Regulating Capillary Perfusion and Vascular Insulin Resistance

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to see if a twelve-week exercise intervention in overweight or obese subjects with pre-diabetes or early disease course type 2 diabetes can lead to improved skeletal muscle capillary blood flow by improving substances that dilate blood vessels and result in improved insulin sensitivity.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Prediabetic State
• Sedentary Lifestyle

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	High Activity	The high activity group will undergo a 12 week ramped exercise protocol.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2016-04-01
• Completion: 2017-04-01
• First posted: 2014-02-12
• Last updated: 2019-08-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States