Effects of an outpatient sport-therapy programme on patients with eating disorders

Effects of the Freiburg sport-therapy programme on patients with eating disorders: a randomised study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN14776348

Enrollment

Registered

2015-01-26

Start date

2015-03-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-06-10

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Conditions

Outpatients with eating disorders (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa

Interventions

A newly developed manualised sport-therapy programme (13-weekly group sessions

see Schlegel, et al, Psychother Psychosom Med Psychol 2012

http://cirrie.buffalo.edu/database/169270/) will be compared with a waiting list control group. Patients will have one introductory meeting and 12 weekly group sessions. Each session will last 120 mi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Outpatients with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition) 2. Outpatients with a diagnosis of bulimia nervosa (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition) 3. Age at least 18 years old 4. Commitment to Exercise Scale total score >100 5. Body-mass index greater than 16 kg/m²

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Professional athletes 2. People waiting for an inpatient admission 3. Psychosis, substance dependency or organic brain disease 4. Patients with physical problems that do not allow them to participate in physical activities

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction in pathological exercising (Commitment to Exercise Scale total score)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Reduction in overall eating disorder (total Score Eating Disorder Examination)	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026