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The Effect of HIT in Patients With Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease/Steatohepatitis

NCT02528305 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2018-05-04

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Summary

This pilot study aims to investigate whether 6 weeks of twice weekly High-intensity Interval Training (HIT) results in improvements in disease-specific measures, feelings of general well-being, physical fitness and cognitive function in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Conditions

  • Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis
  • Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Interventions

OTHER

High-intensity Interval Training

2 minute warm-up at 50rpm, then increase to 100rpm. Weight added to bike (7% body weight for men 6% body weight for women). Continue effort for 6 seconds, then passive rest for at least 1 minute. Total 5 sprints in sessions 1-3, 6 sprints in session4, 7 sprints in sessions 5\&6, 8 sprints in sessions 7\&8, 9 sprints in sessions 9\&10 and 10 sprints in sessions 11\&12.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Abertay University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Bath

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Niels BJ Vollaard, PhD · University of Bath

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
59 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-06-30
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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