Effect of Anti-aging Therapy on Fitness Enhancement in Perimenopausal Women

NCT ID: NCT06224465

Last Updated: 2024-10-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-01-20
• Study Completion Date: 2024-07-31

Brief Summary

Aging is an important fact to consider from the woman's health perspective. One of the most significant stages of aging is menopause, in which involves physical, psychological, and social changes in life

Detailed Description

This study will be carried on forty perimenopausal women. They were selected randomly from outpatient clinic of El Kaser El-Einy University Hospital, Cairo University, their age ranged from 40 to 50 years.

Group A ( Control group):

It consisted of 20 perimenopausal women. They received anti-aging diet instructions.

Group B ( Experimental group):

It will be consisted of 20 perimenopausal women.They received anti-aging therapy (Aerobic, Flexibility and strengthening exercises) with anti aging diet instructions.

Randomization:

Randomization of sample selection was achieved using closed envelop way. Classification of the sample by simple random way into two groups equal in number, twenty for each group by using forty closed envelop, each twenty envelop contained a name of a group from the two groups (Group A) or (Group B) and asking each woman to choose one envelop from them, each woman attended to the group according the name of the group written in her envelop.

Conditions

Aging Well

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

control group

Antiaging diet instructions

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

aerobic exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Antiaging diet instruction :Be aware of the amount of calories, Reduce overall fat and sugar intake, Drink at least 10 glasses of water every day in order to remain healthy.

d. Eat a variety of complex carbohydrates and vegetables instead of bread, rice, and corn.

intervention group

1. aerobic exercises: walking :30 min on treadmill 30min at least three times per week for 12 weeks

2. Muscle strength Exercises:

For upper extremity : hand grip exercise, arm flexion exercise ten repetition for each exercise three times per week.

Theraband exercises for upper limb exercise ten repetition for each exercise three times per week.

3. Flexibility Exercise :

Curl up exercise and Seat and reach up exercises exercise ten repetition for each exercise three times per week.

Lateral flexibility exercises for ten repetition for each exercise three times per week,for 12 weeks and anti aging diet instruction

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

aerobic exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Antiaging diet instruction :Be aware of the amount of calories, Reduce overall fat and sugar intake, Drink at least 10 glasses of water every day in order to remain healthy.

d. Eat a variety of complex carbohydrates and vegetables instead of bread, rice, and corn.

Interventions

aerobic exercises

Antiaging diet instruction :Be aware of the amount of calories, Reduce overall fat and sugar intake, Drink at least 10 glasses of water every day in order to remain healthy.

d. Eat a variety of complex carbohydrates and vegetables instead of bread, rice, and corn.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

flexibility exercises; strengthening exercises; anti aging diet instruction

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• They complaining from fatigue, hot flushes and irregular period.
• Their Body Mass Index (BMI) between 25 to 30 .
• Their age ranged from 40 to 50 years old.
• The assessment procedures will be conducted on the same time of the day pre/post treatment.

Exclusion Criteria

• Women with comorbidities such as cardiac disease and chest diseases as pulmonary fibrosis.
• Women received medications that might affect the neuromuscular functions at least three months before or during the study course.
• Women suffered from mental or psychological disorders.
• Women suffered from inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or polymyalgia rheumatic.
• Women complaining from osteoporosis.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 50 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Suzy Samih Nazmy

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Amel Yousef

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Cairo University

Locations

faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University

Giza, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/005035

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id