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Conditions
Brief summary
The University of South Australia is conducting a research project looking at the effects of a physical activity program on adults aged between 18 and 60 years who exercise for less than two and a half hours each week. This study is interested in finding out how people change their daily activity patterns and energy expenditure when they are involved in a structured exercise program.’
Interventions
Group A: 40-day physical activity program extensive exercise group (method: 3x60min monitored group sessions and 4x30min self directed sessions per week, duration: 40 days, mode of administration: half monitored group sessions, half self-directed).
Group B: 40-day physical activity program moderate exercise group (method: 3x60min monitored group sessions per fortnight, 2x30min self directed sessions per week, duration: 40 days, mode of administration: half monitored group sessions, half self-di
Group A: 40-day physical activity program extensive exercise group (method: 3x60min monitored group sessions and 4x30min self directed sessions per week, duration: 40 days, mode of administration: half monitored group sessions, half self-directed). Group B: 40-day physical activity program moderate exercise group (method: 3x60min monitored group sessions per fortnight, 2x30min self directed sessions per week, duration: 40 days, mode of administration: half monitored group sessions, half self-directed) The type of exercises completed in group A and B will involve a range of activities, which may include walking, aerobic circuits, core stability and flexibility sessions, sports, beach activities, swimming, dancing and kite-surfing. The difference between group A and B is how often these activities are completed.
Sponsors
University of South Australia
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Participants must be ‘insufficiently active’ according to the Active Australia criteria. Insufficiently active means that the person does not achieve 150 minutes of physical activity per week.
Exclusion criteria
Participants will be excluded from the study if they are not willing to (a) wear an accelerometer daily for seven days at each measurement period and (b) participate in either the moderate exercise intervention or extensive exercise intervention 40-day group PA program, or (c) act as controls.
Outcome results
None listed