Home-based REsistance vs a Home-based FLEXbility Exercise Programmes on Muscular Endurance and Flexibility in Adults

NCT04574674 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 200190188
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 72
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate the effects of a home-based resistance exercise programme v/s a home-based flexibility exercise programme on muscular endurance and flexibility on healthy adults. Half of the participants will undergo a 12-weeks home-based resistance exercise programme while the other half will undergo a 12-week home-based flexibility exercise programme.

Conditions

Exercise

Keywords

muscle endurance; muscle strength; muscular fitness; resistance training; strength training; physical activity; voluntary failure

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of press ups

  Change in number of press ups

  0 -12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (11)

• Number of press-ups

  0-6 weeks

• Number of press-ups

  6-12 weeks

• Time holding half-squat position

  0-12 weeks

• Time holding half-squat position

  0-6 weeks

• Time holding half-squat position

  6-12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Flexibility exercise group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be asked to follow a 12-week flexibility exercise training programme. Participants will be asked to perform a minimum amount of flexibility exercise of 1 set/week for each of six exercises and will have the opportunity to increase their volume of exercise to 2 sets or 3 sets/week per exercise if it is their choice. Participants will perform 6 flexibility exercises per week (2 different for legs, 1 shoulder and arms, 1 chest, 1 back and 1 core). Passive static stretching exercises will be performed.

Behavioral: Flexibility exercise programme

Resistance exercise group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be asked to follow a 12-week home-based exercise programme. Participants will be asked to perform a minimum amount of resistance exercise of 1 set/week for each of six exercises and will have the opportunity to increase their volume of exercise to 2 sets or 3 sets/week per exercise if it is their choice. Participants in the resistance exercise group will be asked to perform a total of 6 exercises per week (2 different leg exercises, 1 shoulder exercise, 1 chest exercise, 1 back exercise and 1 core exercise). Body weight and resistance bands exercises will be used. Participants will be asked to perform each set to complete as many repetitions as possible until fatigue.

Behavioral: Resistance exercise programme

Interventions

Flexibility exercise programme BEHAVIORAL

Static passive flexibility exercises.

Flexibility exercise group

Resistance exercise programme BEHAVIORAL

Body weight and resistance bands exercises.

Resistance exercise group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 64 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• years old.
• Perform 30 minutes or more of aerobic vigorous physical activity per week.
• Do not to perform any kind of resistance exercise.

You may not qualify if:

• Failure of the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire Plus (PAR-Q+)
• Perform 30 minutes or more of vigorous intensity exercise from the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)
• To have a job that compromises manual labour
• History of cardiovascular disease
• Diabetes
• Any other illness that would prevent the participation in a resistance exercise or flexibility exercise programme.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Glasgow: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Glasgow

Glasgow, G12 8TA, United Kingdom

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Jason Gill, PhD

  University of Glasgow

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Jason Gill, PhD

CONTACT

0141 330; jason.gill@glasgow.ac.uk

Maria Fernanda Gabler, MSc

CONTACT

0141 330; m.gabler-trisotti.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Members of the research team that perform measurements are blinded to group allocation.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: Randomised controlled trial with two groups, flexibility exercise group and resistance exercise group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 28, 2020
• First Posted: October 5, 2020
• Study Start: December 6, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2021
• Study Completion: December 31, 2021
• Last Updated: August 20, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Locations

GB (1)