Effect Of 8-Week Online Fitness Intervention Health Related Fitness

NCT ID: NCT06116474

Last Updated: 2023-11-03

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 43 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-07-15
• Study Completion Date: 2022-10-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of 8-week online delivered exercise program on actual and perceived physical fitness components.

Detailed Description

Physical fitness is one of the leading concepts of health and well-being at all stages of life. In certain context, individuals tend to engage in prolonged sedentary behaviors, and these contexts are considered sedentary-promoting environments. These environments also detrimental on physical fitness and health. University students and office workers who predominantly engage in sedentary behaviors, such as prolonged sitting and computer-based work, have consistently shown associations with various aspects of diminished physical fitness. The online intervention protocols might be a good alternative for increasing fitness level for those who live or work in highly sedentary settings. Hence, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of 8-week online delivered exercise program on actual and perceived physical fitness components. Specifically, body composition measured by DXA, upper body muscular strength, and flexibility are the main focus of this study. Moreover, physical self-perception is also a focus of this study.

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Physical Inactivity; Body Image

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Web based intervention group

The web-based intervention group participated in an 8-week exercise program, which consisted of three sessions per week, each lasting approximately 20 to 35 minutes.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Web-Based Physical Fitness Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The exercise program has been designed according to the progressive overload method. Therefore, the volume of the exercise program increased as the weeks progressed. Exercise videos were uploaded to YouTube on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays send to participants via a message group to follow the program. The videos featured the experts' explanations of the movements for each exercise.. The equipment that the participants should use in the training sessions was selected from the materials available at home (eg., use of water bottles instead of weight dumbbells). The exercise sessions is divided into 3 parts: warm-up (2-4 min. average), main part (14-19 min. average), cool-down (3-5 min. average). The warm-up includes movements to increase the heart rate and warm up the muscles to be worked on for that session. The main part of the exercise program also included rest breaks when the participants were asked to move and stretch.

Control Group

The control group did not engage in any prescribed exercise protocol.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Web-Based Physical Fitness Intervention

The exercise program has been designed according to the progressive overload method. Therefore, the volume of the exercise program increased as the weeks progressed. Exercise videos were uploaded to YouTube on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays send to participants via a message group to follow the program. The videos featured the experts' explanations of the movements for each exercise.. The equipment that the participants should use in the training sessions was selected from the materials available at home (eg., use of water bottles instead of weight dumbbells). The exercise sessions is divided into 3 parts: warm-up (2-4 min. average), main part (14-19 min. average), cool-down (3-5 min. average). The warm-up includes movements to increase the heart rate and warm up the muscles to be worked on for that session. The main part of the exercise program also included rest breaks when the participants were asked to move and stretch.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Working or studying at the university,
• Do not have any health problems that would prevent from participating in exercise,
• Not participating any another exercise/training program during the research process,
• Voluntarily participation
• Being suitable for exercise participation according to Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PARQ) test results

Exclusion Criteria

• Presence of any significant health conditions that may pose a risk during exercise (e.g., heart conditions, severe respiratory disorders, uncontrolled hypertension).
• A history of musculoskeletal injuries or conditions that would limit participation in physical fitness activities.
• Current or recent participation in another exercise or fitness program.
• Inability to provide informed consent or unwillingness to participate voluntarily.
• Any medical condition that contraindicates exercise or physical activity as determined by a healthcare professional.
• Pregnancy or postpartum period, depending on the specific requirements and goals of the intervention.
• Age restrictions (younger than 18).
• Cognitive impairments that would hinder the ability to understand and follow exercise instructions.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Eskisehir Technical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gunay yildizer

Associated Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Günay Yıldızer, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Eskişehir Tech. Uni.

Locations

Eskişehir Technical University

Eskişehir, Tepebaşı, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

EkisehirTU-SBF-GY-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id