Health Benefits of Dance Exercise
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Exercise training, No exercise training.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Metabolic Health, Mental Health, Physical Performance. Basic parameters: 35 years — 70 years · Female.
- 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
- Greece
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effects of a 6-month Dance Exercise Intervention on Physical Performance, Metabolic and Mental Health in Pre- and Post-menopausal Women
Overview
In Greece, people of different age groups, including young children to older adults, participate in dance exercise training. Although it is well-known that regular participation in dancing is associated with benefits such as entertainment, socialization and increased physical activity, the long-term effects of dancing on metabolic and mental health as well as physical performance remain largely unknown. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a 6-month dancing exercise intervention on metabolic and mental health and physical performance in premenopausal and postmenopausal women.
Detailed description
Twenty premenopausal and twenty postmenopausal inactive women meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to a Control (n=20) or an Experimental group (n=20). The Control group will maintain their habitual physical activity level without participating in any form of exercise training. The Experimental group will participate in two weekly dance exercise training sessions over a 6-month period. Each session will be performed under supervision and include a 10-min warm up (2-3 dances of very slow tempo), a 45-min main dance exercise session (\~15 dances of various tempos i.e. slow, moderate and fast tempo) and a 5-min cool-down period (walking and stretching). Heart rate will be continuously monitored during each session by using heart rate monitors while the rate of perceived exertion (RPE) will be recorded at the end of each session. In addition, prior to the second dance exercise session in each week, participants' delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS) and wellness status (through the wellness report) will be evaluated. Prior to (Baseline) and after the intervention period (at 6 months) participants of both groups (Control and Experimental) will undergo resting blood sampling and assessment of their (i) anthropometrics, (ii) body composition, (iii) physical performance, (iv) physical activity level, (v) dietary intake, (vi) quality of life and (vii) mental health.
Interventions
- Other Exercise training
This intervention will consist of two weekly dance exercise training sessions over a 6-month period. Each session will be performed under supervision and include a 10-min warm up (2-3 dances of very slow tempo), a 45-min main dance exercise session (\~15 dances of various tempos i.e. slow, moderate and fast tempo) and a 5-min cool-down period (walking and stretching) - Other No exercise training
It will include only habitual physical activity level without participating in any form of exercise training
Primary outcome measures
- Change in glucose concentration [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in insulin concentration [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in total cholesterol concentration [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in HDL cholesterol concentration [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in LDL cholesterol concentration [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in triglycerides concentration [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT/AST) concentration [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in alanine aminotransferase (SGPT/ALT) concentration [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (γ-GT) concentration [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in body weight [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Change in dietary intake [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in daily number of steps [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
- Change in daily time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity [Time frame: At baseline and 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Free of musculoskeletal injuries
- Free of chronic non-communicable diseases
- Normal menstrual cycle (for premenopausal women)
- No recent childbirth (previous 12 months) (for premenopausal women)
- At least 12 months since the oncet of menopause (for postmenopausal women)
- Non smokers
Exclusion criteria
- Pregnancy (for premenopausal women)
- Contraindications to exercise training
- Illness or other medical condition
- Use of medication
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
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Greece · 1 center
- Department of Physical Education and Sport Science, University of Thessaly — Trikala
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07615829 · UTH_2251_Long term