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The Role of High Intensity Interval Training in the Treatment of Adolescent Obesity

NCT03361644 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2021-04-08

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Summary

The study will compare the effects of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) with Moderate Intensity Continuous Training (CMIT) as part of a lifestyle intervention program on BMI change in adolescents age 12-16 with obesity.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

High-Intensity Interval Training

Participants assigned to HIIT will participate in treadmill exercise in intervals consisting of 1 minute intervals of challenging intensities with recovery periods in between, gradually increasing the number of intervals over the course of the study.

BEHAVIORAL

Moderate-Intensity Continuous Training

Participants assigned to CMIT will participate in constant moderate intensity treadmill exercise, gradually increasing the duration of the exercise over the course of the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Edmond P Wickham, MD · VCU Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-02-08
Primary Completion
2020-01-13
Completion
2020-02-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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