Obesity, abdominal obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, metabolic syndrome
Conditions
Interventions
Control group: 35 elderly women with metabolic syndrome wil receive placebo capsules (500mg). Should intake a placebo capsule once a day one hour before or one hour after the main meal of the day for
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Sponsors
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Gerontologia Biomédica do Instituto de Geriatria e Gerontologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Age
60 Years to 85 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Aged over 60 years; female; have metabolic syndrome.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Have cardiovascular disease; have liver disease; gastric disease; thyroid problems; memory problems; anxiety and sleep disorders;have physical problems that preclude training with pilates;have done in the past or is doing pilates or other form of physical exercise on a regular way; intake green tea by regular or habitual way.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Reduction of 9.0 cm (10%), abdominal circumference, based on previous studies of our research group found that an average of 99.0 with a standard deviation of 12.8 cm in waist circumference in a sample of elderly patients with syndrome metabolic | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| increase of 20% (0.53) in the expression of the SOD2 gene based on an average of 2.65 standard deviation of 0.28 | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactSilvana Junges
Program de Pós-Graduação em Gerontologia Biomédica, Instituto de Geriatria e Gerontologia da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
Outcome results
None listed