Effects of High Intensity Circuit Training on Physical Fitness, Body Fat Percentage and Waist-Hip Ratio Among Sedentary Females of Sikandarabad

NCT04655014 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: Sana Mehmood
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Globally, insufficient Physical Activity (PA) and sedentary life style is recognized as major causes of mortality among young and older adults. Approximately, 5 million deaths are attributed due to physical inactivity (PI), which contributes around 6% of global death. The recent evidence shows that 80 million individuals in Pakistan suffered with non-communicable diseases, due to PI that ultimately lead to sedentary behavior. Therefore, the clinical practitioners have been highlighting in improving the physical activity among young adults not only to prevent chronic disease but also to reduce the risk factors. Despite of the fact, a large number of young adults are PI where this proportion remains high among women. WHO reports that generally, PI is found to be more prevalent in women, due to workload of house chores and care giving role in influence of cultural expectations, especially in low socio economic status. Furthermore, several other factors including high cost of fitness programs, access to physical activity facilities, transportation and most importantly time barrier are the major cause of insufficient PA. Addressing the above barriers, different exercise training protocols have been developed to reduce weight in short span of time and then to maintain it. According to American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), High Intensity Circuit Training (HICT) is a circuit-style workout that uses individual body weight as a resistance therefore eliminating the need of expensive gym equipment such as dumbbells, barbells kettle bells and many more. In addition, HICT can be performed in any environment (at home, parks and in small place) as per the feasibility of the person. However, overweight and obese women are found to adhere easily with short bout of exercises (10 minutes) then same women with long duration of exercises. Therefore, the aim of this study is to provide cost effective and efficient exercise intervention that may not only reduce the disease burden but also motivate young sedentary females for group activity.

Conditions

Overweight

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Body Fat Percentage [Pre-treatment]

  The body fat composition will be obtained by measuring three-site skin fold thickness including triceps, supra-Ilium and thigh by using the skin fold thickness caliper.

  six weeks

• Body Fat Percentage [Post-treatment]

  The body fat composition will be obtained by measuring three-site skin fold thickness including triceps, supra-Ilium and thigh by using the skin fold thickness caliper.

  six weeks

• Waist-Hip ratio [Pre-treatment]

  Waist-hip ratio will be taken with the help of measuring tape by dividing the circumference of waist in centimeters and circumference of hip in centimeters.

  six weeks

• Waist-Hip ratio [Post-treatment]

  Waist-hip ratio will be taken with the help of measuring tape by dividing the circumference of waist in centimeters and circumference of hip in centimeters.

  six weeks

• Physical Fitness [Pre-treatment]

  The Modified Harvard step test is used to measure Physical fitness by dividing duration of exercise and pulse count between 1 and 1.5 seconds.

  six weeks

• Physical Fitness [Post-treatment]

  The Modified Harvard step test is used to measure Physical fitness by dividing duration of exercise and pulse count between 1 and 1.5 seconds.

  six weeks

Study Arms (1)

High Intensity Circuit Training

EXPERIMENTAL

The High Intensity Circuit Training comprises of 7 full body exercises as per recommendation of ACSM Where the participants shall be given total of 18 sessions of their respective protocol, comprising of 20 minutes, 3 times/ week for duration of six weeks

Other: High Intensity Circuit Training

Interventions

High Intensity Circuit Training OTHER

The High Intensity Circuit Training comprises of 7 full body exercises as per recommendation of ACSM Where the participants shall be given total of 18 sessions of their respective protocol, comprising of 20 minutes, 3 times/ week for duration of six weeks

High Intensity Circuit Training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Female Participants with a BMI \> 25-29 kg/mm2
• Aged 18-35 years.
• Subjects having a sedentary lifestyle, performing only activities of daily living without engaging in any previous exercise training protocol throughout the week, evaluated by Rapid Assessment Disuse Index (RADI) Questionnaire.

You may not qualify if:

• History of recent surgeries or trauma that hinders in performing high impact exercises.
• Severe orthopedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, neurovascular, psychiatric, inflammatory, metabolic, or endocrine diseases and taking any prescribed medications.
• Pregnant females and nursing mothers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ziauddin University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Ziauddin University

Karachi, Sindh, 71500, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Overweight

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 3, 2020
• First Posted: December 4, 2020
• Study Start: January 5, 2021
• Primary Completion: July 15, 2021
• Study Completion: September 25, 2021
• Last Updated: October 1, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)