Clinical trials: Physical Exercise Condition
Osteoporosis, Obesity
Breastfeeding and Exercise for Healthy Infants and Postpartum Moms Too!
Approximately 8 million American women suffer from osteoporosis, and one out of every two women over the age of 50 will have an osteoporotic-related fracture in their lifetime (42).
- Conditions
- Osteoporosis, Obesity, Weight Loss
- Trial name
- BEHIP (NCT00966381)
- Testing
- Exercise and weight loss intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Greensboro
Breast Neoplasm, Physical Activity
Exercise Program in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy
The investigators seek to conduct a home based exercise intervention in breast cancer patients whom elect to undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
- Trial name
- WISER-NET (NCT03280836)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 19 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Frailty, Malnutrition
Frail2Fit Study: Online Nutrition and Exercise Support for Older Adults With Frailty
Frail2Fit will explore the feasibility of training volunteers to deliver online nutrition, exercise, and behaviour change (supported self-management) to improve the health of older people after discharge from hospital.
- Conditions
- Frailty, Malnutrition, Sedentary Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05384730
- Testing
- Group nutrition and exercise support
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Healthy
Physical Training and the Incretin Effect
It is well known that continuous physical exercise leads to a number of changes in the body. Maximal oxygen uptake; the heart's pumping ability and muscle mass and strength increases.
- Trial name
- EXINT2 (NCT01698502)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Insulin Resistance, Obesity
Financial Incentives to Exercise for Adolescents
Among youth populations, American Indians have the highest prevalence of diabetes in the United States. This study will use exercise as the principal lifestyle modification approach to reduce the risk of diabetes in this…
- Conditions
- Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Trial name
- MOVE (NCT01848353)
- Testing
- Exercise training
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oklahoma
Sarcopenia, High Blood Pressure
The Impact of a Resistance Training Intervention on Blood Pressure Control in Older Adults With Sarcopenia
Current prevention and treatment of high blood pressure (BP) in sarcopenia, by non-pharmacological approaches remain limited and are far from optimal.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, High Blood Pressure, Hypertension
- Trial name
- INERTIA (NCT04255745)
- Testing
- progressive resistance training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 77 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Prediabetes
Active You: A Novel Exercise Program for African Americans
Barriers to physical activity (PA) among African Americans (AAs) have been extensively studied, yet there is a paucity of innovative PA interventions designed to address them.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Risk Factor, Prediabetes, Overweight and Obesity, Sedentary Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT04280783
- Testing
- The Physical Activity for The Heart (PATH) intervention, Be Active Your Way Booklet
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
Aging, Aphasia
Exercise Effects on Word Learning
The aging Veteran population will substantially increase over the next 10 years, as the 24.9% of Veterans who are currently between 55-64 years of age join the 38.5% who are already over age 65.
- Trial name
- NCT03370471
- Testing
- Retrieval Practice + Moderate Intensity Exercise, Retrieval Practice + Gentle Stretching, Study Only + Moderate Intensity Exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Sacroiliac Strain, Low Back Pain
Correction of Low Back Pain From Sacroiliac Malrotation With a Simple in Home Exercise
60 participants with low back pain will be examined to determine the direction and extent of sacroiliac malrotation. If malrotation exists, they will be randomized to 3 treatment groups: 1 will be taught how to use their thigh to…
- Trial name
- SIbackpain (NCT03888235)
- Testing
- Immediate corrective exercises, Immediate use of pelvic support belt, Delayed treatment
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 62 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Inflammation
Enhancing Adaptations to Exercise
Researchers are trying to understand how chronic inflammation affects muscle function and responses to exercise.They are also trying to determine if suppressing chronic inflammation using omega-3 fatty acids (n3-PUFA) restores…
- Trial name
- NCT03350906
- Testing
- n3-PUFA, Biopsy, Body Composition Scan
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 63 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
Glucose Metabolism, High Altitude
High Altitude and Exogenous Carbohydrate Oxidation
Recent studies have reported that oxidation of exogenous carbohydrate is reduced under acute hypobaric hypoxic (high altitude; HA) conditions compared to normoxia (sea level; SL) in native lowlanders.
- Trial name
- NCT03851744
- Testing
- Sea Level, High Altitude
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
Chronic Disease
Promoting Physical Activity in Churchgoing Latinas
The low prevalence of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) among adult Latinas likely contributes to the high rates of cancer and other chronic diseases in this population.
- Trial name
- NCT01776632
- Testing
- Physical activity, Cancer screening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 436 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Diego State University
Pain
Attenuation of Pain in Men and Women
The purpose of this study is to examine opioid and endocannabinoid mechanisms of exercise-induced analgesia in men and women.
- Trial name
- NCT01220414
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Healthy, Obese
Exercise Regulation of Human Adipose Tissue
The purpose of this study is to determine whether exercise training leads to changes in the white adipose tissue that are beneficial to the body's regulation of sugar and body weight.
- Conditions
- Healthy, Obese, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Trial name
- NCT03133156
- Testing
- Exercise Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 93 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Joslin Diabetes Center
Long QT Syndrome, Cardiac Repolarization
Effect of Beta-blocker Therapy on QTc Response in Exercise and Recovery in Normal Subjects
Background. In congenital long QT syndrome type 1 (LQT1), episodes of ventricular tachycardia are usually triggered by exercise and can be prevented in most patients by beta-blocker therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT00588965
- Testing
- Propranolol LA
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- MetroHealth Medical Center
Cardiac Arrest, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
Family-Authored ICU Diaries to Reduce Fear in Patients Experiencing a Cardiac Arrest (FAID Fear)
The present study will: Aim 1: Enroll 15 family members of CA patients to (a) pilot recruitment procedures, (b) estimate retention, and (c) assess acceptability of study procedures.
- Trial name
- FAID Fear (NCT05144477)
- Testing
- FAID Fear Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Prostate Cancer
Prostate Cancer - Patient Empowerment Program
Each year over 20,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer in Canada with the majority undergoing some form of treatment option.
- Trial name
- PC-PEP (NCT03660085)
- Testing
- PC-PEP
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority
Childhood Obesity
Healthy Kids I-PAL
Up to 30 parent/child dyads will be recruited to participate in an m-Health intervention (delivered over smartphone, iPad/Tablet, or desktop/laptop) to promote healthy behaviors and healthy weight among children and their parents.
- Trial name
- NCT03297541
- Testing
- m-health approach
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Heart Failure, Diastolic
Exercise Pulmonary Transit Time
The study seeks to measure pulmonary transit time via contrast-echocardiography before and after exercise.
- Trial name
- NCT04336995
- Testing
- contrast echocardiography
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 14 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sarcopenia, Osteoporosis
Acetaminophen and Impaired Musculoskeletal Adaptations to Exercise Training
The purpose of this study is to determine if taking the pain reliever acetaminophen (ACET) interferes with some of the benefits of weight lifting on muscles and bone density in older men.
- Conditions
- Sarcopenia, Osteoporosis, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT01083901
- Testing
- Resistance training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 34 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver