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Spot Reduction in Male Adults

NCT05794854 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 16

Last updated 2023-04-03

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Summary

Spot reduction, referring to local body fat reduction, pertains to subcutaneous adipose tissue utilization from specific body parts during exercise. Its existence has been keenly debated, although generally accepted not to occur during exercise. However, it is based on not only equivocal data - commonly the training protocol typically applied is based on strength rather than endurance training. The investigators sought to test this assumption by utilizing endurance based exercise controlling for energy expenditure and using dual x-ray absorptiometric measures to assess body composition before and after training.

Conditions

  • Healthy

Interventions

OTHER

Abdominal aerobic endurance exercise

Subjects combined treadmill running at 70% HRmax (27 minutes) with 4x4minutes (30-40% maximal strength, 1RM) of torso rotation and abdominal crunches (57 minutes), 4 days per wk for 10 weeks

OTHER

Control training intervention

Subjects performed treadmill running (45 minutes) at 70% HRmax 4 days per week for 10 weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    collaborator OTHER

  • Molde University College

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-08-31
Primary Completion
2006-05-31
Completion
2006-05-31

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