Clinical trials: Inactive People
People With Predominantly Sedentary Work
A Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Benefits of CrossFit in People Who Work Predominantly in a Sedentary Manner.
People who predominantly sit down often suffer from spinal complaints. This is mainly caused or intensified by a lack of exercise and a shortened posterior muscle chain.
- Trial name
- NCT05109286
- Testing
- CrossFit
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bundeswehr University Munich
Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases
Strong People Strength Training Study
The Strong People Strength Training study aims to assess whether a community-based progressive strength training program can improve risk factors for diabetes and heart disease in older rural adults.
- Conditions
- Heart Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Trial name
- NCT04203563
- Testing
- Strong People Strength Training
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 167 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Urinary Incontinence in Old Age, Sedentary Behavior
Urinary Incontinence and Sedentary Behaviour in Nursing Homes
The increase of the older adult population in the past years has generated an important impact on chronic conditions and geriatric syndromes like dementia, falls and urinary incontinence (UI).
- Trial name
- OsoNaH (NCT04297904)
- Testing
- Sedentary behaviour, Urinary Incontinence
- Where
- 15 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
Vascular Disease, Peripheral, Physical Inactivity
Inter-individual Physiological Response to a Training and Detraining Period in Cardiometabolic Risk Factors Subjects
Background: Although exercise training is a well described therapy for some cardiometabolic diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, arterial hypertension, and metabolic syndrome, there is scarcity of knowledge about the…
- Conditions
- Vascular Disease, Peripheral, Physical Inactivity, Arterial Hypertension, Endothelial Dysfunction
- Trial name
- VASCU-HEALTH (NCT05710653)
- Testing
- Exercise training intervention
- Where
- Chile
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Cristian Alvarez
Aged
The Umeå High-Intensity Training Study
This randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effect of high-intensity training (HIT) in older sedentary people. Seventy older people, aged 65 and over, will be randomized to HIT or moderate-intensity continuous training…
- Trial name
- Umeå HIT (NCT03765385)
- Testing
- High-intensity training, Moderate-intensity continuous training
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Umeå University
Physical Inactivity, Disability Physical
A Person-Centered Geotagged Social Networking System to Promote Physical Activity in the Community
The multilevel socio-ecological barriers to physical activity experienced by people with physical disabilities cut across structures and systems, community, institutions and organizations, interpersonal, and individual levels.
- Trial name
- RECTECHIV (NCT05216393)
- Testing
- RecTech Match Website
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Alabama at Birmingham
Obesity, Sedentary
Consistency in Individual Differences in Energy Intake Following Acute Exercise
The importance of exercise for weight control is well documented; however if exercise results in an increase in food intake, the beneficial effect of exercise may not be seen.
- Trial name
- NCT01645956
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
PEMF Effect
PEMF Stimulation on Physical Exercise in Sedentary People
The pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMF) are a non-invasive therapy used for clinical treatments. Recent publications in exercise physiology showed that PEMF enhanced the velocity and the quantity of available muscle O2, and the…
- Trial name
- NCT06446466
- Testing
- PEMF ON-OFF, PEMF OFF-ON
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 9 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Bologna
Sedentary Lifestyle, Age Problems
Nordic Walking Training for Older People
Objective: to assess by means of a randomized clinical trial the effects of eight weeks of Nordic walking and free walking training on quality of life (QoL), static balance, dynamic variability, self-selected walking speed (SWS)…
- Trial name
- Pole walking (NCT03096964)
- Testing
- Free walking training, Nordic walking training
- Where
- Brazil
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Adults Aged 50 Years and Older
The Impact of Grandchild Care on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in People Aged 50 Years and Over
Given the widespread provision of grandparental child care, examining its impact on grandparents' energy-expenditure related behaviors in the broader context of health is imperative.
- Trial name
- NCT04307589
- Testing
- Observation
- Where
- Belgium
- Volunteers
- 255 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Healthy
Effectiveness to Weight Loss in Sedentary and Overweight People Using a Smartphone Application.
This is a randomized clinical trial aimed at obese and sedentary subjects aged 20 to 65 years selected in urban primary care centers of 5 centers (Spain).
- Trial name
- EVIDENT3 (NCT03175614)
- Testing
- Intervention group, Control: Lifestyle counseling
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 650 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Salamanca
Overweight, Obese
Evaluating the Effects Two Diets Combined With Exercise in Persons With Abdominal Obesity (The SHAPE5 Study)
Abdominal obesity, which is affected by a lack of physical activity and excess weight, put people at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease.
- Conditions
- Overweight, Obese, Sedentary, Abdominal Obesity
- Trial name
- SHAPE5 (NCT00990457)
- Testing
- Weight Loss Diets Plus Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Sedentary Behavior
A BCT Intervention for an Hourly Activity Habit Among Caregivers for Persons With AD/ADRD
This 12-week trial will test the efficacy of a personalized, multi-component, personalized text-message delivered behavior change technique (BCT) intervention to encourage habitual hourly physical activity among care providers of…
- Trial name
- NCT06801912
- Testing
- Behavior Change Technique Package
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Uncoupling Protein-1, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Effect of an Exercise on Serum Uncoupling Protein-1 Level and the Role of Uncoupling Protein-1-3826 A/G Polymorphism
This study aims to determine the effect of an acute maximal exercise on serum uncoupling protein-1, irisin, interleukin 6 levels, and on blood lipid and lipoprotein concentrations.
- Conditions
- Uncoupling Protein-1, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Irisin
- Trial name
- NCT04156113
- Testing
- Yo-Yo intermittent recovery test (level 1)
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 86 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eastern Mediterranean University
Sedentary Healthy Young Individuals
The Effect of Square Stepping Exercises Training on Lower Extremity
Physical activity plays an indispensable role to lead a healthy life. Square-stepping exercises (SSE) are aerobic exercises.Our study was designed to investigate the effects of square-stepping exercise training on lower-extremity…
- Trial name
- NCT04910035
- Testing
- Exercises Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nigde Omer Halisdemir University
Physical Activity
Supervised Group-based Walking Intervention Among Inactive Older Adults in Saudi Arabia
The purpose of the proposed study is to compare the effects of supervised group-based walking and non-supervised individual-based walking interventions on frailty, cognitive function and quality of life among inactive older…
- Trial name
- NCT05151575
- Testing
- supervised group-based walking and non-supervised individual-based walking interventions
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hong Kong Baptist University
Motor Activity, Body Weight
Effects of Aerobic Exercise Detraining
The proposed study seeks to better understand the role of body weight, energy expenditure, and energy intake as mechanisms of body weight gain during detraining following aerobic exercise.
- Conditions
- Motor Activity, Body Weight, Obesity
- Trial name
- E-Mechanic_Fol (NCT02158130)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Resistance Training, Immune System
Minimal-Dose Resistance Training for Improving sIgA and Cortisol
Whereas the role of endurance training on immune function has been widely studied, little is known about the role of resistance training (RT).
- Trial name
- sIgA (NCT05221996)
- Testing
- Resistance training
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 15 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Francisco de Vitoria