Adherence to Different Exercise Interventions
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Walking, Variety, Progressive.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Exercise Adherence. Basic parameters: 18 years — 40 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
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Official title
Aherence to Different Exercise Interventions
Overview
Only 50% of sedentary adults that start an exercise training program adhere to the program after 6 months. Exercise variety may improve adherence. The goal of this study is to examine different exercise interventions that include a variety of exercise on adherence.
Detailed description
Regular exercise, in the form of walking 150 minutes per week, is widely regarded as having many health and fitness benefits. Despite these well-known benefits, adherence to exercise interventions is extremely low. When sedentary adults start an exercise training program only 50% adhere to the program and meet the national recommendations of 150 minutes per week. A possible explanation of the low adherence is that most adults only walk for exercise, and that providing a variety of exercise may increase adherence. Preliminary observational data show that a variety of exercise may increase weekly exercise expenditure compared to other interventions. The overall objective of this study is to investigate the feasibility, adherence, and acceptability of different exercise interventions including 1) walk intervention, 2) variety intervention, and 3) progressive intervention (see below for description).
Interventions
- Behavioral Walking
Prescribed 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous walking. - Behavioral Variety
Prescribed 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous variety of exercise. Each week participants are randomly asked to participate in cycling, walking/jogging, yoga/Pilates, or cross-training. - Behavioral Progressive
Prescribed 150 minutes per week of moderate to vigorous progressive variety of exercise. Each week participants are randomly asked to participate in cycling, walking/jogging, yoga/Pilates, or cross-training. Participants can choose which exercise they want to do, and can do as much or little as they want.
Primary outcome measures
- Adherence to exercise intervention [Time frame: Change from baseline at 1-week, 2-weeks, 3-weeks, and 4-weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (2)
- Acceptability of intervention [Time frame: Acceptability at 4-weeks]
- Body Weight [Time frame: Change in body weight from baseline to 4-weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 18-40 years old
- Sedentary (<1 hour per week of exercise)
- BMI 18.5 to 40 kg/m2
Exclusion criteria
- Adults with diagnosed cardiovascular, diabetes, renal, or any other metabolic disease determined by Health and Fitness History questionnaire.
- Any other disability, ailment, or physical characteristics that may hinder the ability to participate in regular exercise determined by Health and Fitness History questionnaire.
- Participating in other studies that would interfere with their ability to safely complete the exercise protocols.
- Pregnant or trying to become pregnant, and peri-menopausal or post-menopausal women.
- History of smoking within the last 6 months
- Any other vulnerable population (children <18, pregnant women, prisoners, etc.)
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- California Polytechnic State University — San Luis Obispo
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06024577 · 2023-152