NCT03212391

WAVE Study- Walking and Aging in VErona Study

Effect of Diet and Physical Exercise, With or Without Nordic Walking, on Weight Loss, Physical Performance and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Elderly Overweight and Obese Subjects.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Monocentric unblinded two parallel-group randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of diet with or without Nordic Walking on weight loss, physical performance and cardiovascular risk factors in overweight and obese population

Detailed description

To examine the impact of a 48-week of diet +/- Nordic Walking program on physical performance, muscle function, cardiovascular risk factors and arterial stiffness in community-dwelling overweight and obese elderly men and women.

Conditions

• Abdominal Obesity
• Metabolic Syndrome
• Disability Physical
• Sarcopenic Obesity
• Hypertension
• Overweight and Obesity
• Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Diet	52 weeks of Diet supervised by a dietician
BEHAVIORAL	Walking	26 weeks supervised Walking 3 times per week, followed by 26 weeks of unsupervised Walking
BEHAVIORAL	Nordic Walking	26 weeks supervised Nordic Walking 3 times per week, followed by 26 weeks of unsupervised Nordic Walking

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-09-19
• Primary completion: 2018-01-20
• Completion: 2018-07-20
• First posted: 2017-07-11
• Last updated: 2017-07-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Italy