Clinical trials: Inactivity, Physical
Healthy Aging, Cognitive Decline
Cognitively Enriched Walking Program
Dementia currently affects more than 47 million people worldwide, its prevalence is forecasted to triple by 2050, and it has been reported to be one of the most costly disorders in Belgium.
- Conditions
- Healthy Aging, Cognitive Decline, Physical Inactivity
- Trial name
- NCT05500183
- Testing
- Cognitively enriched walking program, walking program
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 113 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Aging, Athletic Injuries
Life After Sport: Prior Injury and Sedentary Behavior as Mechanisms of Later Poor Health
Competitive sport increases risk for musculoskeletal injury (e.g., traumatic knee injury) and may position former athletes for early onset of chronic diseases, chronic pain, poor health-related quality of life, and disability.
- Conditions
- Aging, Athletic Injuries, Physical Inactivity, Knee Injuries and Disorders
- Trial name
- NCT05344001
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 450 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marquette University
Inactivity, Physical
Neuromuscular Training on Handball Players Selected Physical Fitness Components, Functional Movement and Handball Skills
The neuromuscular training improves nerve-muscle control while increasing the stability of functioning joints. Furthermore, Neuromuscular training has been proven to influence the sensitivity and reactivity of the central nervous…
- Trial name
- NCT05658978
- Testing
- Neuromuscular training, Control group
- Where
- Pakistan
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Sarcopenia, Frailty
Health Data from Well on My Legs Program
The percentage of people aged over 80 will double in 25 years, reaching 10% of the population. This means that care practices for older adults will have to be adapted.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Frailty, Physical Inactivity, Fear
- Trial name
- DS-BSSJ (NCT06659484)
- Testing
- Assessment, Multicomponent exercise program, Follow-up at T3 + 6 months and T3 + 12 months
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Inactivity/Low Levels of Exercise
My Exercise. A Team-based Workplace Intervention for Increased Exercise
The aim of this research study is to assess the effectiveness of an intervention on exercise and health, and to contribute to the understanding of how team-based worksite health promotion programs should be designed in order to…
- Trial name
- Myexercise (NCT02429635)
- Testing
- My exercise
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Physical Activity
Care2BWell: Worksite Wellness for Child Care
This study will evaluate the efficacy of a 6-month child care-based intervention to improve workers' physical activity and other health-related behaviors compared to an attention control intervention (Healthy Lifestyles vs.
- Trial name
- NCT02381938
- Testing
- Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Finances
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 553 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Overweight
Physical Inactivity and Appetite Regulation
The goal of this parallel-group, two-arm, assessor-blinded, randomised clinical trial is to investigate the effects of reducing physical activity on food intake and satiety in physically active and healthy males, 40-55 years of…
- Trial name
- NCT06240208
- Testing
- Inactivity
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet
Physical Inactivity
Impact of Mindful Walking Intervention on Daily Step Count
Mindful walking is a meditation practice that combines physical activity and mindfulness practice. This study examined whether a mindful walking intervention increased physical activity and improved health outcomes.
- Trial name
- NCT03856385
- Testing
- Mindful Walking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clemson University
Physical Inactivity
Cognitive Control to Boost Physical Activity Adherence
This trial is designed to develop and test the efficacy of cognitive training strategies to improve self-regulatory capacities for middle-aged adults to adopt and sustain a physically active lifestyle.
- Trial name
- BOOST (NCT06338774)
- Testing
- Cognitive training, Exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 264 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Iowa
Breast Cancer Female, Physical Inactivity
Physical Activity for Adults in the Ontario Breast Screening Program
There is "strong" evidence that physical activity (PA) can reduce the risk of breast cancer (Bernstein, 2009; Kehm et al., 2020), which is important for individuals at higher-than-average risk due to their family history or…
- Trial name
- NCT06405568
- Testing
- Physical activity intervention
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ottawa
Physical Activity
Active Choice Intervention About Physical Activity for Physically Inactive Adults
This web-based experimental study aims to ascertain whether promoting an active (i.e. conscious and autonomous) choice process about physical activity results in better behavioural outcomes (e.g.
- Trial name
- NCT04973813
- Testing
- Guideline + Active Choice + action&coping planning (GA+), Guideline + Active Choice (GA), Guideline + information (GI)
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 564 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
Healthy, Physical Activity
Physiological and Psychological Effects of Virtual Reality vs Traditional Exercise
This study aimed to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of immersive Virtual Reality (VR) as an alternative to traditional High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) by comparing physiological and psychological outcomes in…
- Conditions
- Healthy, Physical Activity, Virtual Reality, Exergame
- Trial name
- NCT06420414
- Testing
- Virtual Reality, Traditional HIIT
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Teesside University
Sedentary Behaviors, Physical Inactivity
Effects of Virtual Reality and Traditional Exercise on Cognitive and Physical Performance in Sedentary Adults
This study aimed to compare the effects of virtual reality (VR)-based exercise and traditional exercise methods on selected physiological and cognitive parameters in sedentary individuals.
- Trial name
- VR-TRAD-EX (NCT07567144)
- Testing
- Virtual Reality Exercise Training, Traditional Exercise Training
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 33 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan University
Obesity, Obesity, Abdominal
Impact of the Use of FeelWell™ Compression Garment on Individuals With a BMI ≥35
To assess the effect of wearing a custom-fitted, FDA-registered, Class I device, compression garment (Obesinov, S.A.R.L.) by an individual with a BMI ≥ 35 on his/her day-to-day quality of life over a period of one year.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Abdominal, Mobility Limitation, Quality of Life
- Trial name
- NCT03798873
- Testing
- FeelWell™ Compression garment, Increase Mobility
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Feelwell Compression
Social Isolation, Physical Inactivity
Video-Based Exercises and Well-Being During Social Isolation
Both influenza and coronaviruses cause respiratory infections, which can lead to morbidity and mortality, especially in those who are immunocompromised or not immune to viruses (Zhu).
- Conditions
- Social Isolation, Physical Inactivity, Well-Being
- Trial name
- NCT04335851
- Testing
- Video based aerobic exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 68 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Biruni University
Physical Inactivity, Breast Cancer
A Community Dance Intervention Engaging Breast Cancer Survivors in a Middle-income Country
Interventions to promote physical activity among women breast cancer survivors (BCS) in low to middle-income countries are limited.
- Trial name
- NCT05252780
- Testing
- My Body, My Rhythm, My Voice
- Where
- Colombia
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Olga Lucia Sarmiento
Metabolic Responses to Inactivity
Bed Rest, Inactivity and Early Responses
To evaluate the early metabolic responses (whole body and within muscle tissue) to a single day of whole body physical inactivity (i.e. bed-rest), and evaluate the contribution of inactivity per se vs alterations in diet
- Trial name
- BIER (NCT02981927)
- Testing
- Physical inactivity
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Exeter
Physical Inactivity, Vascular Dysfunction
Heat Therapy During Reduced Physical Activity
The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to determine whether daily Finnish dry sauna therapy attenuates the adverse cardiovascular, muscular, and metabolic effects of seven days of experimentally reduced physical…
- Conditions
- Physical Inactivity, Vascular Dysfunction, Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
- Trial name
- HEAT-RPA (NCT07847424)
- Testing
- Sauna, Reduced Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Brigham Young University
Resistance Exercise, Physical Inactivity
Modified Breath Test to Determine Anabolic Sensitivity Across Physical Activity States
Developing tools to detect when our bodies are more resistant towards protein synthesis is valuable for identification of when someone may be at risk of losing body or muscle mass such as with aging or certain diseases.
- Conditions
- Resistance Exercise, Physical Inactivity, Amino Acids, Dietary Protein
- Trial name
- BTLP (NCT06209424)
- Testing
- Habitual Activity, Step-Reduction, Resistance Exercise
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Toronto
Overweight, Healthy
Effects of Normobaric Hypoxia and Different Exercise Modes on Blood Glucose Regulation in Overweight Adults
Obesity is a major global health issue and a primary risk factor for metabolic-related disorders. While physical inactivity is one of the main contributors to obesity, it is a modifiable risk factor with exercise training as an…
- Conditions
- Overweight, Healthy, Physical Inactivity
- Trial name
- NCT05627804
- Testing
- Low-moderate intensity exercise, Sprint interval training, Functional exercise
- Where
- Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 13 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Swinburne University of Technology