Effects of Polarized Exercise in Adolescents With Severe Obesity (ALPOLAROB)

NCT05763394 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 01C212
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Recent studies have shown that polarized training (i.e. the combination in the same session of intermittent high intensity exercise training, consisting of repeated, short-duration, high-intensity exercises on a cycle ergometer or a treadmill, and moderate exercise) can encourage the participation of obese people in body weight reduction programs, providing more dynamic exercises, less tiring and therefore more acceptable. To date, no data are available on the effects of polarized exercise in the rehabilitation of obese adolescents, who are often unwilling to engage in prolonged and monotonous motor activities. The demonstration that the polarized exercise might encourage the participation of obese adolescents in multidisciplinary body weight reduction programs, improve the cardiovascular capacity and also favor an adequate oxidation of lipids during the phase of exercise and post-exercise rest, could support its prescription in the programs of integrated metabolic rehabilitation of adolescent obesity.

Conditions

Obesity; Exercise Training

Keywords

Obesity; Exercise training; Adolescents; Rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Peak VO2

  Change in peak VO2

  Baseline and at the end of the rehabilitation program (21 days)

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Body fat mass

  Baseline and at the end of the rehabilitation program (21 days)

• Body fat free mass

  Baseline and at the end of the rehabilitation program (21 days)

• Body weight

  Baseline and at the end of the rehabilitation program (21 days)

• Body mass index

  Baseline and at the end of the rehabilitation program (21 days)

Study Arms (2)

Polarized workout

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Polarized workout program

High intensity workout

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: High intensity workout program

Interventions

Polarized workout program OTHER

Polarized workout lasting approximately 40 minutes (two sessions/day, 5 days a week), characterized by a 5-minute warm-up performed at 50% of the peak V'O2, followed by 3 sets of 2 minutes at 95% of peak V'O2, interspersed with 1 minute of recovery at 40% of peak V'O2, followed by 30 minutes of moderate activity at 60% of V'O2 peak. Total of 24 sessions in 12 days.

Polarized workout

High intensity workout program OTHER

High intensity workout (HIIT) (two sessions/day, 5 days a week), characterized by a 10-minute warm-up performed at 50% of peak V'O2 , followed by 6 series of 40 s of high-intensity walking corresponding to 95% of peak V'O2, interspersed with 5 minutes of walking at 40% of peak V'O2, ending with 5' of cool-down at 50% of the peak V'O2. Total of 24 sessions in 12 days.

High intensity workout

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: male
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• i. obesity (BMI-standard deviation score \> 2) ii. sex: male iii. age range: 13-18 years iv. hospitalization for integrated metabolic rehabilitation program

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istituto Auxologico Italiano: lead

Study Sites (1)

Istituto Auxologico Italiano IRCCS, Site Piancavallo

Oggebbio, Verbania, 28824, Italy

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; 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: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 26, 2023
• First Posted: March 10, 2023
• Study Start: July 4, 2022
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2024
• Study Completion: October 1, 2024
• Last Updated: October 2, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Locations

IT (1)