Status:
COMPLETED
Interval Versus Continuous Training in Healthy Adults
Lead Sponsor:
Universidad de Antioquia
Conditions:
Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility:
MALE
18-44 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Aerobic exercise produces increases in cardiorespiratory fitness (CF), which constitute a protective factor for cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Therefore, aerobic exercise is a key str...
Detailed Description
Forty-four individuals will be randomly assigned to one of two aerobic training programs on a treadmill. Both groups will performed three times a week for eight-weeks (on alternate days). Half will ru...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Perform aerobic exercise maximum 3 sessions per week
Exclusion
- Currently participating in an aerobic high intensity training program
- Smoker
- History of cardiovascular disease
- History of coronary heart disease
- Arrhythmias
- Heart failure/insufficiency
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Under medical treatment with anticoagulants, beta-blockers, calcium antagonists, bronchodilators, and/or steroids
- Psychological, neuromotor and/or osteo-muscular conditions that may affect participation in an exercise program.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
April 1 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
44 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02288403
Start Date
April 1 2015
End Date
June 1 2016
Last Update
June 24 2016
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Universidad de Antioquia
Medellín, Antioquia, Colombia