Healthy
Conditions
Brief summary
Fitness is an important determinant for health and influenced by using large muscles. Muscles respond to training. We want to know if adding arm exercise to leg exercise can provide a better training session for healthy individuals. If the strategy shows promise for healthy people then it might work for people with lung disease who have trouble training because of difficulty breathing. The purpose of this first study is to evaluate, in healthy people, a unique approach to training by determining if adding arm exercise to leg exercise can be endured longer than leg exercise alone.
Interventions
OTHERexercise modality
exercise using legs and arms
Sponsors
West Park Healthcare Centre
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
A prospective longitudinal, self-controlled, single-case repeated measures, randomized and counterbalanced cross-over experimental trial design, comparing cardiopulmonary response and endurance with different modes of exercise
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* healthy individuals
Exclusion criteria
* orthopedic or neurological condition that might affect the performance of the treadmill, arm or leg cycling * have a symptomatic cardiac disease or undergone a recent surgical procedure that might affect the performance on an exercise test * presence of any chronic respiratory condition
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cycling endurance time | 30 minutes | tolerance (time) of an individualized constant power endurance test |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed