Comparative Study of High Intensity Interval Training and Endurance Training in Juvenile Obesity

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparative Study of High Intensity Interval Training and Endurance Training in Juvenile Obesity

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02143453
• Other study ID #: HIIT in Juvenile Obesity
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 18, 2014
• Last updated: May 20, 2014
• Start date: August 2010
• Est. completion date: August 2011

Study information

• Verified date: May 2014
• Source: University of Sao Paulo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Exercise is an effective strategy to manage juvenile obesity; however this ideal exercise training mode is still unclear. In this study, the investigators compared the health-related effects of high intensity interval training versus endurance training in obese children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 39
• Est. completion date: August 2011
• Est. primary completion date: August 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 8 Years to 12 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• age between 8 and 12 years

• Body mass index (BMI) = 95th percentile, according to the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

• no pharmacological treatment

• no evidence of metabolic, hormonal, orthopedic, and cardiovascular disease at the time of the study's commencement

• no participation in any regular exercise training program (except physical education classes, two days a week) at least 6 months before the commencement of the study and throughout the protocol.

Exclusion Criteria:

• non-obese participants

• physically active participants

• participants with cardiovascular diseases or any other condition that could preclude the participation in the the exercise training program

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity

Intervention

Other:
• Endurance training
30 to 60-minute continuous exercise at 80% of the peak heart rate
• High intensity interval training
3 to 6 sets of 60-second sprints at 100% of the peak velocity interspersed by a 3-min active recovery period.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	General Hospital (School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo)	Sao Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Sao Paulo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	body mass index (BMI)		12 weeks	No
Primary	aerobic conditioning (VO2max)		12 weeks	No
Primary	insulin sensitivity (HOMA-index)		12 weeks	No