Effect of a Female Strength & Conditioning Specialist on High School Girls' Health

NCT02776579 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: Grant Park
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 31
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The majority of today's youth do not engage in enough physical activity (PA) to maintain good health. Low PA levels are associated with poor health (e.g. diabetes, high blood pressure) and early mortality. Girls are less likely than boys to be active, and their rates of participation drop off more steeply during adolescence. Girls report many barriers to exercise, including transportation issues and feeling self-conscious about their appearance and abilities. School-based PA programs that try to improve health, mainly through aerobic exercise and education, have had a small effect to date. However, the few programs that included resistance training as the focus showed strong improvements in health related measures. In this project, we will examine the effect of a female strength and conditioning specialist on decreasing barriers and increasing the overall health of high school girls, with the delivery of in-school, girls-only resistance training programs. We will see if physical and mental health changes with the training, and how the presence of the S \& C specialist affects the girls' social interactions within the school. The results will help individuals in the education sector plan programs and services to improve overall youth and school health.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity; Low Physical Fitness

Keywords

Resistance Training; Muscle Strength

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 1 Repetition Maximum leg press

  Change from Baseline and at 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• 1 Repetition Maximum bench press

  Baseline and at 8 weeks

• Grip strength dynamometry

  Baseline and at 8 weeks

• mCAFT for aerobic fitness

  Baseline and at 8 weeks

• Physical activity levels

  Baseline and at 8 weeks

• Physical Self-Perception Profile

  Baseline and at 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Girls-only resistance training

EXPERIMENTAL

8 weeks of 2-3x/week girls-only resistance training class with a female strength and conditioning specialist.

Other: Girls-only resistance training

No resistance training

NO INTERVENTION

8 weeks of usual activity.

Interventions

Girls-only resistance training OTHER

Girls-only resistance training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Grades 7 to 12 at Grant Park High School
• do not participate on organized sports teams
• self-report as not meeting the recommended amount of 60 min of Moderate-Vigorous Physical Activity per day

You may not qualify if:

• engaged in regular resistance training activities within the previous 6 months
• health condition or injury that would put them at risk during testing/training

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Manitoba: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3E 0T6, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Joanne Parsons, PhD

  University of Manitoba

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 9, 2016
• First Posted: May 18, 2016
• Study Start: December 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2017
• Study Completion: December 1, 2017
• Last Updated: May 3, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)