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Intermittent Walking Training and Cardiometabolic Health in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

NCT07555457 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2026-04-29

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Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to compare premenopausal and postmenopausal women regarding the effects of a 10-week moderate-intensity intermittent walking training (MIWT) program on aerobic capacity and selected cardiometabolic and inflammatory markers. The main question it aims to answer is: Does a MIWT program induce differential improvements in aerobic capacity, body composition, lipid profile, and inflammatory markers between premenopausal and postmenopausal women?

Participants in the premenopausal group will perform a 10-week MIWT program, three sessions per week. Participants in the postmenopausal group will perform the same 10-week MIWT program, three sessions per week. Each training session consists of 5 repetitions of 6-minute walking (6MWT) at 60-80% of the baseline 6MWT distance, interspersed by 6 minutes of active recovery between repetitions. Body composition, aerobic capacity (6-minute walk test), heart rate, blood pressure, lipid profile (total cholesterol, LDL-C, HDL-C, triglycerides), and C-reactive protein (CRP) will be assessed before and after the intervention in both groups.

Conditions

  • Cardiometabolic Health in Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Moderate-Intensity Intermittent Walking Training (MIWT)

Participants will perform a 10-week moderate-intensity intermittent walking training (MIWT) program, with three supervised sessions per week. Each session consists of 5 repetitions of 6-minute walking (6-minute walk test, 6MWT) performed at 60-80% of the baseline 6MWT distance, interspersed by 6 minutes of active recovery between repetitions. The same intervention is applied to both premenopausal and postmenopausal women.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • High Institute of Sports and Physical Education of Kef

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wissal Abassi · Research Unit "Sport Sciences, Health and Movement"(UR22JS01) High Institute of Sport and Physical Education of Kef, University of Jendouba, 7100 Kef, Tunisia.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
32 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-05-21
Primary Completion
2026-08-20
Completion
2026-08-20

Countries

  • Tunisia

Study Locations

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