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Efficacy Study of Standard Ballroom and Latin Dance Program in Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity

NCT02021890 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2013-12-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

to test the metabolic and clinical effects of a 6-month program of dancing in subjects with type 2 diabetes and/or obesity, chronically cared for in two diabetes/metabolic units. Self-selection of the leisure time activity program was allowed to increase adherence to the physical activity programs.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dance program

two-hour dancing session twice a week, led by instructors in a private hall of a disco. Both solo and partner and group dances were performed during each session: an initial one-hour activity, chaired by two instructors who taught new steps and choreographies to patients (both individually and in group), was followed by a second hour, when patients danced in pairs both Latin and standard ballroom music

BEHAVIORAL

Self-selected physical activity

gym sessions (with the support of sports associations), exercising at home (cycling, stepping) or walking, jogging or cycling outside with/without group support

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • General Hospital, Gavardo

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Villa Garda Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Bologna

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-07-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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