Status:
COMPLETED
Resistance Training and Sarcopenic Obesity Elderly Women
Lead Sponsor:
Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Conditions:
Sarcopenic Obesity
Inflammation
Eligibility:
FEMALE
60+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In this manuscript, we investigated the effect of resistance training (RT) on body composition, functional capacity, inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers in sarcopenic obesity elderly women, u...
Detailed Description
To investigate the effects of resistance training (RT) program on body composition, functional capacity, inflammatory and oxidative stress biomarkers in sarcopenic obesity elderly women. This study is...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 60 years old or more;
- presented sarcopenic obesity SO \[which was defined by the simultaneous presence of sarcopenia and obesity (Batsis et al., 2015; Studenski et al., 2014), whereas women were considered sarcopenic if appendicular lean soft tissue (LST) \<15.02 kg, and obese if percentage of body fat ≥ 35% (Batsis et al., 2015)\];
- physically independent;
- free from cardiac or orthopedic dysfunction;
- not receiving hormonal replacement and/or thyroid therapy;
- not using equipment that would compromise the accomplishment of protocols and tests;
- not performing any regular physical exercise more than once a week over the six months preceding the beginning of the investigation.
Exclusion
- individuals with any metallic implant or artificial pacemaker, who had undergone surgery, who were unable to perform the tests and trainings;
- volunteers who failed the medical examination for any reason;
- refused or were unable to give consent.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2015
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
37 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03370211
Start Date
March 1 2015
End Date
December 1 2015
Last Update
December 14 2017
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