None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The combination of walking exercise program and daily step goal is a more time efficient strategy in improving body composition and MS than simply establishing a daily step goal. Furthermore, this strategy may also include a potential reduction effect on the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases.
Interventions
Thirty-two adults with obesity were recruited and randomly assigned to the walking step goal group (WSG; achieving 12 000 steps per day), walking exercise group (WEG; achieving 12 000 steps per day, including 3 days per week on which walking at a step rate of over 103 steps min-1 was required), or control group (CG; maintaining a free-living life style). Each participant’s accumulated daily steps from daily activities and walking exercises were monitored using a smartwatch for 8 weeks. The varia
Thirty-two adults with obesity were recruited and randomly assigned to the walking step goal group (WSG; achieving 12 000 steps per day), walking exercise group (WEG; achieving 12 000 steps per day, including 3 days per week on which walking at a step rate of over 103 steps min-1 was required), or control group (CG; maintaining a free-living life style). Each participant’s accumulated daily steps from daily activities and walking exercises were monitored using a smartwatch for 8 weeks. The variables of body composition and metabolic syndrome were measured before and after intervention.
Sponsors
Chinese Culture University
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Prevention
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
1. BMI > 27 kg m-2 2. aged > 18 years 3. not regularly engage in physical activity
Exclusion criteria
1. Any chronic disease, e.g. epilepsy, congenital heart disease, serious physical/psychiatric disorders, severe asthma, acute asthma exacerbations, diabetes. 2. obese adults who had a regular exercise habit (who perform physical activity 3 or more sessions per week at moderate to vigorous intensity for 30 min or above) 3. Participating in any other clinical trials
Outcome results
None listed