Effect of exercise on excess fat around the heart, a risk factor of heart disease

Effect Of aerobic exercise training on epicardial adipose tissue thickness in overweight and obese individuals:a randomized controlled trial

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2011/07/001893

Enrollment

Registered

2011-07-15

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Aerobic exercise training using a treadmill: Exercise training with an intensity of 60-85% of vo2 max Intervention2: Aerobic exerise: Treadmill training with an intensity 60 to 85% of e

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: healthy overweight and obese subjects with BMI greather than or equal to 25 Thosw who agree to participate in 8 weeks exercise program

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: subjects who are on dietary regimen subjects who are on medications which can influence weight loss

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Epicardial adipose tissue thickness in mm measured by echocardiographyTimepoint: 0 weeks, 4 weeks and 8 weeks	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Heart rate recovery, HDL, VLDL, TC and stroke volume at restTimepoint: 0 weeks, 4 weeks and 8 weeks	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactKalyana Chakravarthy B

kalyan.reddy@manipal.edu9986249740

Outcome results