Clinical trials: Functional Fitness
Functional Fitness
Development and Evaluation of the Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) Exercise Program for the Community Older Adults
The goals of this research project were: 1) to develop a senior-tailored Healthy Beat Accupunch (HBA) exercise program for community-dwelling older adults, 2) to test the effects of a six-month, instructor-led HBA exercise…
- Trial name
- HBA (NCT02567864)
- Testing
- Healthy Beat Accupunch exercise program, control
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 232 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University
Physical Activity, Mental Health Wellness 1
Physical Exercise for Education ('Fit to Study')
Neuroscience evidence suggests that physical exercise can influence brain function and structure, both immediately and in the long-term.
- Conditions
- Physical Activity, Mental Health Wellness 1, Cognitive Function 1, Social, Academic Attainment
- Trial name
- FTS (NCT03286725)
- Testing
- Physical Education (PE) Programme
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oxford Brookes University
HR Vaiability, Aerobic Physical Fitness,Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar Level, Blood HDL, LDL
Aerobic Exercise Training & the Autonomic System In Patients After Myocardial Infarction or Stroke
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of Aerobic Physical Activity on the function of the Autonomic System in patients after Myocardial Infarction or Stroke.
- Trial name
- NCT00259948
- Testing
- Aerobic exercise training
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hadassah Medical Organization
Cardiovascular Disease
Fitness and Daily Function in Adults
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of aerobic fitness on the ability of able and disabled older adults to perform daily functional activities.
- Trial name
- NCT00018265
- Testing
- Task specific endurance training, Tai Chi
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Department of Veterans Affairs
Executive Function in Healthy Adolescents, Physical Fitness
Effects of Weekly Basketball Training Distribution on Executive Function in Adolescents
his study examined whether different ways of distributing the same weekly amount of basketball training affect executive function in adolescents.
- Conditions
- Executive Function in Healthy Adolescents, Physical Fitness, Adolescent Development
- Trial name
- VMBT-EF (NCT07749144)
- Testing
- Weekday-Distributed Basketball Training, Weekend-Concentrated Basketball Training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Xi'an Medical University
Healthy Volunteers
Effects of Two Virtual HIFCT Programs in Adults With Abdominal Obesity
It is estimated that by 2030 one in five women and one in seven men will be obese, equivalent to more than 1 billion people around the world.
- Trial name
- HIFCT-V (NCT05619874)
- Testing
- HIFCT-S, HIFCT-P
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Antioquia
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Blood Brain Flow and Exercise
Cerebral vasodilator responses to CO2 will be measured in young healthy adults, healthy sedentary older adults, and healthy exercise trained older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT02653638
- Testing
- Control, Indomethacin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Efficacy of Physical Fitness Training Combined With Exercise Therapy on Gait in Children With Cerebral Palsy
This observational study is designed to investigate the time-dynamic characteristics of gait variability in children with spastic cerebral palsy (SCP).
- Trial name
- NCT07316985
- Testing
- 3-Minute Walking Gait and Surface Electromyography Assessment
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- LiNa Zhang
Healthy People Programs
Boxing Training, Physical-functional Fitness and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults
The aim of the study is to evaluate and to compare the effects of two exercise regimes (Boxing Training -BT and Multicomponent Training -MT) and 12 weeks of follow-up on cognitive health status, physical-functional fitness, and…
- Trial name
- Boxe4Ageing (NCT05826314)
- Testing
- Boxing training, Exercise
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidade do Porto
Aging, Heart Failure
The COmPLETE Study
The project is designed as a large scale, cross-sectional study. This research seeks to identify physical fitness and cardiovascular parameters that best resemble underlying cardiovascular risk with age.
- Trial name
- COmPLETE (NCT03986892)
- Testing
- Physical Activity
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 678 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss
Physical Fitness
Effects of a Fifteen-minute Functional Exercise Intervention on Levels of Physical Fitness of Schoolchildren
This is an intervention research project, with a pragmatic experimental design of the type Randomized Clinical Trial. Schoolchildren from 6th to 9th grade of both genders, adolescents must be in age group between 10 and 17 years…
- Trial name
- NCT05879900
- Testing
- Functional physical exercises, Physical Education classes
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 230 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Pelotas
Activities of Daily Living, Functional Fitness
Vitality Acupunch Exercise Program for Sarcopenia Older Adults
This project was aimed to test the effects of a six-month VA program on the activities of daily living (ADL) and functional fitness of institutional older adults with sarcopenia.
- Trial name
- VA (NCT04504786)
- Testing
- Vitality acupunch (VA) exercise program, Control
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 114 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kaohsiung Medical University
Executive Dysfunction, Motor Activity
The Role of Brain-derived Neurotropic Factor in the Relationship Between Executive Function and Physical Training
This doctoral thesis has the aim to identify the role of Brain-derived neurotropic factor in the relationship between physical fitness/activity and executive functions in typically developing children and children with Autism…
- Conditions
- Executive Dysfunction, Motor Activity, Child
- Trial name
- NCT02503579
- Testing
- physical training
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Body Composition, Cardiovascular Health
Differences in Ventilatory Function, Body Composition, and Cardiorrespiratory Fitness According to Training Status
The goal of this cross-over study is to evaluate the physiological response to exercise and body composition according to training status in participants with a wide spectrum of fitness states.
- Conditions
- Body Composition, Cardiovascular Health, Ventilatory Physiology
- Trial name
- NCT06246760
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,272 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Child Development, Child Behavioral Problems
LOVING (Learning About Our Behavior is Valuable for Increasing Nurturing Relationships and Healthy Growth) RCT
The LOVING study is a randomized controlled trial designed to determine whether adaptations to an internationally recognized parenting program that enhances sensitive caregiving likewise improves sensitive caregiving in Singapore…
- Conditions
- Child Development, Child Behavioral Problems, Parent Child Relationship
- Trial name
- LOVING (NCT07687524)
- Testing
- VIPP-SD-SingH, "Video-Feedback Intervention to Promote Positive Parenting and Sensitive Discipline Adapted for the Singapore Context with a Health Component", CARE-SD, "Caregiver Awareness of Relationships through E-learning for Sensitivity and Discipline", NeuroEducation for Parents
- Where
- 5 sites in Singapore
- Volunteers
- 624 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National University of Singapore
Functional Fitness, Health Promotion
12-week Pilates Program on Community-dwelling Middle-aged Women
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of a Pilates exercise intervention program on functional physical fitness in community-dwelling middle-aged women.
- Conditions
- Functional Fitness, Health Promotion, Exercise, Frail Elderly Syndrome
- Trial name
- NCT05333484
- Testing
- Programed Pilates
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Pregnancy, Postpartum
HIIT vs MICT During Pregnancy and Health and Birth Outcomes in Mothers and Children
Regular exercise during pregnancy and postpartum leads to health benefits for mother and child. Inactivity during pregnancy and after delivery is now treated as risky behavior.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Postpartum, Childbirth, Health Status
- Trial name
- HIIT MAMA (NCT05009433)
- Testing
- High intensity interval training program for pregnant women, Moderate intensity continuous training program for pregnant women, Standard obstetric care with extended education on healthy lifestyle
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gdansk University of Physical Education and Sport
Healthy Aging, Physical Fitness
Effects of Core Stability Training Using Pilates on Core Muscle Strength, Pulmonary Function, and Cardio-respiratory Fitness in the Elderly.
This study investigates how different types of exercise-specifically Mat Pilates and Aerobic training-can help improve the physical health and breathing capacity of healthy older adults aged 60 to 77.
- Conditions
- Healthy Aging, Physical Fitness, Core Stability, Respiratory Function
- Trial name
- PLT-AER-ELD (NCT07470060)
- Testing
- Mat Pilates Program, Aerobic Exercise (Treadmill Walking)
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Walailak University
Healthy Ageing, Cognitive Decline
Fitness, Ageing, and Bilingualism (FAB): The Benefits of Regular Exercise and Bilingualism for Language Abilities in Healthy Ageing.
This project investigates the relative benefits of regular physical activity and bilingualism for ameliorating cognitive decline in healthy ageing, with a particular focus on language function.
- Conditions
- Healthy Ageing, Cognitive Decline, Cardiorespiratory Fitness
- Trial name
- FAB (NCT07443189)
- Testing
- Home-Based HIIT
- Where
- 2 sites in Norway, United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 233 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Agder
Aged, Aged Subject
CREM - Clinical and Functional Outcomes in a Controlled Clinical Trial with Older Adults
To evaluate and compare the effects of different types of physical exercise on clinical and functional outcomes in the elderly. 240 community-dwelling elderly individuals of both sexes, sedentary, will be recruited for twelve…
- Trial name
- CREM (NCT06638697)
- Testing
- Free walking, Nordic walking, Dance
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul