Exercise Effects in Native American Adolscents

NCT ID: NCT06758310

Last Updated: 2025-09-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 10 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-11-16
• Study Completion Date: 2025-12-20

Brief Summary

This longitudinal study will investigate effects of exercise participation in Southwest Native American adolescents, ages 11-17, from the Gila River Indian Community. Vital signs, physical activity participation adherence, physical performance measures, and psychological/social measures will be assessed. Participants will attend one educational presentation for the initial session, explaining the benefits of physical exercise and expectations throughout the program. Baseline measurements for strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness will be taken as well as height, weight and blood pressure. Based on individual performance measures, each participant will be provided a personalized exercise program to complete 3-4 times/week for the duration for the duration of the study. Participants will also be provided an exercise journal to track their adherence to their exercise program each week. At the end of the session parents and adolescents separately will be asked to complete a written survey assessing physical, emotional, social, and school function. Physical performance measures will be taken every other week from the initial education and data collection session through 6 weeks.

Conditions

Fitness Testing

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Individualized exercise

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Individualized Exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Each participant will be prescribed an individualized exercise program related to their fitness testing results and personal interests.

Interventions

Individualized Exercise

Each participant will be prescribed an individualized exercise program related to their fitness testing results and personal interests.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Active members of the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) with Native American ancestry
• Ages 11-17

Exclusion Criteria

• Not active members of the GRIC or no Native American ancestry
• Age <11 or >17

• Minimum Eligible Age: 11 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 17 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Midwestern University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Joshua Subialka

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Central Contacts

Josh Subialka, DPT, DSc

Role: CONTACT

jsubia@midwestern.edu

763-228-6370

Other Identifiers

IRB-24-0013

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id