Blue-green Space Physical Activity: the "Parco Del Mare" Study

NCT06533943 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 0121439
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study protocol, describe the innovative study intervention which will be performed in a green-blue space in Italy in order to investigate on the improvements in wellbeing following participation in the study. This will be significant because it will provide evidence on the effectiveness of the supervised physical activities carried out in green-blue space in improving health, quality of life, physical performance, anthropometric outcomes and physiological parameters in adults, indicating the reasonableness for public health authorities to developing such activities.

Conditions

Healthy Adults; Natural Outdoor Environment; Health Promotion

Keywords

blue-green space setting; physical activity intervention; outdoor exercise; public health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 12-Item Short Form Survey (SF-12)

  Quality of Life measurement (higher scores indicate better physical and mental components)

  through study completion, an average of 1 year

Study Arms (2)

Experimental group

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants in the experimental group (EG) undergo the exercise program designed for the purpose of the study. The outdoor sessions will be carried out in groups (2 sessions per week, lasting 1 hour each one) and administered by trainers with a master's degree in Science and Technique of Preventive and Adapted Physical Activity (kinesiologists).

Other: Exercise program

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

The control group (CG) will be asked to abstain from structured exercise or training, limiting their physical effort to activities needed for daily life.

Interventions

Exercise program OTHER

Each intervention session is divided into three different parts according to the specific aim such as warm-up (about 15 minutes) at the beginning, main exercises (about 30 minutes), and stretching and relaxation (about 15 minutes) at the end.

Experimental group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Adult population aged \>18 years old
• Resident in Rimini

You may not qualify if:

• Any alterations in communication skills and/or sensory functions so severe as to make it impossible to understand and/or execute the instructions given by the trainer (dementia, aphasia, blindness, deafness)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Università degli Studi 'G. d'Annunzio' Chieti e Pescara: lead

Study Sites (1)

Parco del Mare

Rimini, Rimini, 47921, Italy

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Resistance Training

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Conditioning, Human; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Central Study Contacts

Sofia Marini, PhD

CONTACT

3391324942; sofia.marini@unich.it

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Researcher

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2024
• First Posted: August 1, 2024
• Study Start: February 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: August 31, 2024
• Study Completion: December 20, 2024
• Last Updated: December 13, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-12

Locations

IT (1)