NCT05221268

Effect of Downhill Training on Ankle Joint

Effect of Repeated Downhill Walking Bouts on Ankle Isokinetic Parameters in Children With Obesity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: Taif University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Downhill training help to improve musculoskeletal condition. Applying downhill training could help obese children by improving their muscular strength.

Detailed description

the current study aimed to find the effect of downhill training on the ankle isokinetic parameters of obese children. There were two experimental groups, the first received level walking while the second received downhill training. The ankle isokinetic parameters were assessed pre and post-intervention for 6 weeks.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Level walking exercise	treadmill exercise with 0 inclination
OTHER	Downhill exercise	treadmill exercise with -20 inclination

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-10-11
• Primary completion: 2021-12-05
• Completion: 2021-12-10
• First posted: 2022-02-02
• Last updated: 2022-02-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia