Evaluation of Alternative Exercise Treatments on Weight Loss in Overweight Women.

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of Alternative Exercise Treatments on Weight Loss in Overweight Women.

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00177632
• Other study ID #: 0402119
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 1/Phase 2
• First received: September 13, 2005
• Last updated: September 13, 2005
• Start date: July 2003
• Est. completion date: July 2004

Study information

• Verified date: September 2005
• Source: University of Pittsburgh
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose is to examine the additional effect of either yoga or resistance exercise on weight loss weight combined with a standard behavioral weight loss intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 66
• Est. completion date: July 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 25 Years to 55 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Female

2. 25-55 years of age

3. BMI = 25-35 kg/m2

4. Ability to provide informed consent.

5. Ability to provide consent from their personal physician to participate in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Participation in regular exercise (aerobic, yoga or resistance exercise) for > 20 minutes per day on > 2 days per week for the last 3 months. (This study is designed to recruit relatively sedentary adults.)

2. Currently being treated for psychological disorders/conditions and/or currently taking psychotropic medication.

3. Diabetes, hypothyroidism, or other medical conditions which would affect energy metabolism.

4. Women who are currently pregnant, pregnant within the previous six months, or planning on becoming pregnant within the next 12 months. (Pregnancy during initial screening will be based on self-report and will be included on the detailed medical history that is completed by subjects. However, pregnancy status will also be verified by the pregnancy test that is required for the baseline, 6 and 12 month DEXA).

5. Non-medicated resting systolic blood pressure >160 mmHg or non-medicated resting diastolic blood pressure >100 mmHg, or taking medication that would affect blood pressure.

6. Taking medication that would affect resting heart rate or the heart rate response during exercise (e.g., beta blockade).

7. Arrhythmia on resting or exercise electrocardiogram that would indicate that vigorous exercise was contraindicated.

8. History of myocardial infarction or valvular disease.

9. History of orthopedic complications that would prevent optimal participation in the exercise component (e.g., heel spurs, severe arthritis).

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Weight Loss

Intervention

Behavioral:
• behavioral weight loss

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Pittsburgh

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	weight loss
Secondary	fitness
Secondary	physical activity
Secondary	dietary intake
Secondary	mediators