Clinical trials: Exercise Intensity
Aging, Sarcopenia
Resistance Exercise and Low-Intensity Physical Activity Breaks in Sedentary Time to Improve Muscle and Cardiometabolic Health
What are the effects of resistance exercise (RE) alone or RE plus low intensity physical activity (LPA) breaks in sedentary time (ST) on skeletal muscle health in older adults? What are the effects of resistance exercise (RE)…
- Conditions
- Aging, Sarcopenia, Disability Physical, Cardiovascular Diseases
- Trial name
- REALPA (NCT03771417)
- Testing
- Exercise Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 24 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Louisiana State University and A&M College
Sedentary Behavior
Behavior Change Techniques (BCTs) to Improve Low Intensity Physical Activity in Older Adults
The purpose of this pilot study is to determine the feasibility of using personalized trial methods in a virtual research study with Northwell employees aged 45-75 years old to increase low-intensity walking by 2,000 steps per…
- Trial name
- NCT04967313
- Testing
- Behavioral Change Techniques
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Aging
Aerobic Exercise and Cerebrovascular Function
This proposal will evaluate two brain health measures, cerebrovascular perfusion and cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR), before and after a proven, interval-based, aerobic exercise intervention in older Veterans.
- Trial name
- NCT03803904
- Testing
- Spin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 37 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Aging
Sex Differences in Vascular Responses to Exercise
A key early event in cardiovascular disease development is endothelial dysfunction, characterized by impaired flow-mediated dilation.
- Trial name
- NCT04128215
- Testing
- Control Period, Exercise Period
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Sedentary Behavior, Aging
A Trial of Habit Formation Theory for Exercise in Older Adults
This personalized trial will evaluate the effects of five behavioral change techniques (BCTs) described in Habit Formation Theory (Goal setting, Action Planning, Self-Monitoring, Behavioral Practice/Rehearsal and Habit Formation)…
- Conditions
- Sedentary Behavior, Aging, Activity, Motor, Behavior, Health
- Trial name
- NCT04869644
- Testing
- Goal setting, Action Planning, Self-monitoring of behavior
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 49 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Northwell Health
Muscle Damage
Effect of Compression Garments on Exercise Performance Following Acute High Intensity Exercise
To examine the influence of compression garments manufactured with Far-Infrared technology on exercise performance during and after repeated eccentric isokinetic muscle actions of the leg extensors.
- Trial name
- NCT02076334
- Testing
- Far Infrared Fabric, Spandex
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Hypertension With Complications and Secondary Hypertension, Overweight and Obesity
Study of the Long-term Effects of Exercise on Heath Indicators in Older People
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent the most frequent cause of death among the elderly population. Hypertension, unfavorable lipid profile, obesity and physical inactivity are among the main risk factors for CVD.
- Conditions
- Hypertension With Complications and Secondary Hypertension, Overweight and Obesity, Lipid Metabolism Disorders, Sarcopenia
- Trial name
- NCT01874132
- Testing
- Exercise training
- Where
- Portugal
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Hypoxemia, Physiological Stress
"Facemask Use During High-intensity Interval Exercise in Temperate and Hot Environments"
To investigate surgical mask use and high-intensity interval exercise across different environmental conditions.
- Trial name
- NCT05143801
- Testing
- High-intensity interval exercise with surgical face mask in a temperate environment, High-intensity interval exercise with surgical face mask in a hot environment, High-intensity interval exercise without using a surgical face mask in a hot environment
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Acute Kidney Injury, Exercise
Acute Renal Injury During High Intensity Training
The proposed work is designed to be the first in a series of studies investigating the health benefits and risks related to high intensity training (HIT) exercise.
- Trial name
- HIFRT-KH (NCT03678285)
- Testing
- HIFRT Workout
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wyoming
Oxidative Stress, Dyslipidemias
Effects of Octacosanol During Taekwondo Training
Taekwondo players undergo rapid reductions of body weight prior to their competition in order to gain a size advantage over the opponent.
- Trial name
- NCT03557476
- Testing
- Octacosanol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 26 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kosin University
Stress, Psychological
Yoga and Aerobic Exercise Effects on Cognition
The purpose of this acute randomized control study is to assess the feasibility of a low-to-moderate intensity Yoga intervention (i.e.
- Trial name
- NCT04077645
- Testing
- Sun salutations, Aerobic exercise, Seated rest
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 71 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Eating Disorders
Response to Acute Exercise in Eating Disorders
Individuals with eating disorders (ED) represent a high-priority clinical population, with among the highest mortality rates of any psychiatric disorder, and driven exercise (DEx) is a symptom evidenced in up to 80% of those with…
- Trial name
- NCT06213883
- Testing
- Biobehavioral Response to in-lab exposure to physical activity
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 74 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Healthy
The Effects of Intensity on Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia During a Knee Extension Exercise
The primary purpose of this study is to to compare immediate changes in pressure pain threshold at the exercising muscle (quadriceps) and a non-exercising muscle (upper trapezius) during low and high weight knee extension…
- Trial name
- NCT05561582
- Testing
- Seated knee extension exercise
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Central Florida
Peanut Consumption, High Intensity Aerobic Exercise
The Anti-Inflammatory Effects of Exercise and Peanut Consumption
This study will enroll and randomly assign 30 sedentary, healthy overweight men and women to two groups. Participants will either start by consuming peanuts for 4 weeks, and then go on to exercise at high intensity intervals…
- Trial name
- NCT03212144
- Testing
- High Intensity Interval Training, Peanut Consumption
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 3 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- New York State Psychiatric Institute
Exercise Training
Hyperbaric VO2max Study
This study seeks to examine the effectiveness of training while in a hyperoxic-hyperbaric environment for exercise performance at altitude.
- Trial name
- NCT02356900
- Testing
- Hyperoxic hyperbaric interval exercise training, Normoxic, normobaric, interval exercise training, Oxygen
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 25 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Obesity, Insulin Resistance
Effects of Exercise Training Intensity on Fitness and Insulin Sensitivity in African Americans
African Americans are at a substantially greater type 2 diabetes risk compared to Caucasians; however, very little data are available on the effects of exercise training on type 2 diabetes risk factors in at risk African…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Sedentary Lifestyle
- Trial name
- HI-PACE (NCT02892331)
- Testing
- Moderate intensity exercise training (MOD-INT), High Intensity exercise training (HI-INT)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- East Carolina University
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Insulin Resistance
Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training Exercise in Adolescents With Hepatosteatosis
This is a research study about how short-term exercise intervention affects adolescents with a disease called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).
- Conditions
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Insulin Resistance, High Intensity Interval Training, Childhood Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT04342390
- Testing
- High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Frailty
Enhancing Functional Capacity in Older Adults With Short Session High Intensity Interval Training
Frailty is a clinical condition of poor physiological reserve that increases risks for adverse health outcomes including falls, hospitalization and mortality.
- Trial name
- HIIT-VA (NCT03750006)
- Testing
- Short session HIIT
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development