Martial arts for health in adolescents

Kung Fu for overweight and obese adolescents: A randomised controlled trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000716662

Enrollment

Registered

2005-11-04

Start date

2005-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Kung Fu - 3 x 1 hour sessions each week for 6 months. All classes will be supervised and led by an instructor

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

10 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

In school years 6-12. Overweight/obese (based on international cutoff values of body mass index (BMI) for children). Sedentary. No previous martial arts experience (in past 3y). No contraindications to exercise.

Exclusion criteria

Refusing randomisation; having a health condition which precludes them from the tesing and training involved in the trial; having other commitments which would interfere with their compliance to the trial.

Outcome results