None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether participating in a 6-month strength training program can improve the strength, body shape and self-esteem of teenage boys. It is anticipated that at completion of the 6-month strength training program participants who took part in the intervention will show greater improvements in their self-esteem, strength and body shape relative to those participants who did not take part in the intervention.
Interventions
A 6-month resistance training program that will consist of three 1-hour sessions every week. Ten multi-joint exercises will performed at each session and and a trainer to particiant ratio of 1:2 will be maintained. This will ensure that the particiants lifting technique is correct and the appropriate feedback and encouragement is received.
Sponsors
University of South Australia
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Male
Age
13 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
The participants Body Mass Index (BMI) must be equal to or greater than the 85th percentile according to age-sex specific data collected in the 2007 National Children’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey.
Exclusion criteria
Participants are classed as < Tanner stage 2. Participants are categorised as a high risk by the Sports Medicine Australia pre-exercise screening questionnaire and do not obtain a medical clearance. Participants have current or have had previous injuries which would prevent them from participating in resistance training (e.g. knee reconstruction). Participants exhibit musculoskeletal conditions which would place them ‘at risk’ as a result resistance training (e.g. severe scoliosis).
Outcome results
None listed