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Exercise and Weight Loss for Improving Mobility in Older Adults Who Are Obese

NCT00119795 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 288

Last updated 2018-08-15

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Summary

To test the effects of exercise and weight loss on mobility disability of older overweight/obese men and women who have evidence of cardiovascular disease or the metabolic syndrome.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

Increase Physical Activity to 150 min/wk

BEHAVIORAL

Weight Loss

Lose 7-10% of body weight and increase physical activity to 150 min/wk

BEHAVIORAL

Health Education Control

Lectures on information relevant to successful aging

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Walter Rejeski · Wake Forest University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
79 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-08-31
Primary Completion
2011-04-30
Completion
2011-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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