NCT06718023

Diverse Training Programs and Sarcopenia in Postmenopausal Women

Effect of Diverse Training Programs on Prevention of Sarcopenia in Postmenopausal Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 70 (actual)
• Sponsor: Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study explored preventive measures for sarcopenia in apparently healthy postmenopausal women. The investigators implemented a short Nordic walking intervention, Bungy Pumo exercises and strength training, and conducted a 3-month training program as an intervention method. The subjects divided into the NW (Nordic walking) test group, the ST (Strength Training) test group, BP (Bungy Pump exercises) test group and the control group, which engaged in regular daily activities without any additional physical exercise. The collected experimental data then processed and analyzed to objectively assess the benefits and limitations of different interventions.

Detailed description

The tests were conducted twice (before and after the training period). Each test lasted two days and will be preceded by a 7-day measurement of physical activity using sport testers. On the first day, blood tests, microbiota, body composition and a preliminary analysis of diet diaries were performed. On the second day, physical fitness tests were carried out in the Physical Exercise Laboratory of the AWFiS in Gdańsk. Biological material (blood serum and feces) was frozen for testing by the project contractors in the Laboratory of Genetics in Sports of the AWFiS. The subjects were required to keep a diet diary in which they recorded meals during the 3 days preceding the blood and intestinal microbiota test.

Conditions

• Sarcopenia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Nordic walking	NW training sessions are conducted by a certified NW instructor leading participants in the outdoor forest of Gdansk. Training is about 60 minutes each time, 3 times a week, each interval of 1 or 2 days, a total of 12 weeks. Participants used professional Nordic Pole.
BEHAVIORAL	Strength training	Strength training was conducted in the gym with progressively increasing resistance from 65% to 75% of the maximum weight (one-repetition maximum (1-RM)). Participants performed 10-13 repetitions of the exercise in one serie. The training was carried out in station form and consisted of 10-13 exercises. There were rest intervals of 60-90 seconds between exercises. As intended, the training was comprehensive, i.e. it affected the muscles of the arms, legs, torso, abdomen and chest.
BEHAVIORAL	Bungy Pump Exercises	Buny Pump training sessions are conducted by a certified BP instructor leading participants in the outdoor forest of Gdansk. Training is about 60 minutes each time, 3 times a week, , a total of 12 weeks. Participants used professional Bungy Pump Pole.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-06-01
• Primary completion: 2024-07-15
• Completion: 2024-07-15
• First posted: 2024-12-05
• Last updated: 2024-12-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland