NCT04205981

The Effect of Aerobic Exercise in Overweight and Obese Women

The Effect of Aerobic Exercise on Body Composition, Cardiovascular System and Autonomic Stress Response, and Cognition in Overweight and Obese Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 33 (actual)
• Sponsor: Lithuanian Sports University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 38 Years – 56 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Study design The study was designed as a prospective controlled randomized trial. Participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups. In the experimental group, participants (n = 17) received 8-week aerobic exercise intervention without nutrition modifications. In the control group, participants (n = 16) did not undergo any intervention and were instructed to maintain their regular physical activity and diet regime for 8 weeks. Experimental measurements: Anthropometric measurements, Measurement of BDNF, Cardiac autonomic responses, Measurement of aerobic fitness, Measurement of cognitive functions.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Overweight

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Aerobic exercise	8-week aerobic exercise (moderate intensity), 5 times per week, 60 min per session. Exercise training under supervision of trained staff.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-01
• Primary completion: 2019-09-30
• Completion: 2019-09-30
• First posted: 2019-12-20
• Last updated: 2019-12-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Lithuania