Whole Body Vibration Effects on Energy Expenditure in Obese Adolescents
ConditionObesity
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age13-18
SponsorIstituto Auxologico Italiano
About this trial
The main aim of the present study is to evaluate in a group of adolescents with obesity, hospitalized for a period of integrated metabolic rehabilitation (calorie restriction, aerobic physical activity, psychological counseling, nutritional re-education) lasting 3 weeks, the effects produced from a period of training with vibration stimulation on vibration platforms (Whole Body Vibration Exercise \[WBVE\]) on the resting energy expenditure (REE), assessed through indirect calorimetry. The results will be compared with those obtained in a control group, subjected to integrated metabolic rehabilitation alone.
Secondary aims of the study are to evaluate the effects of training with WBVE also on cardiovascular and musculoskeletal parameters, evaluated through specific functional tests, comparing them with those obtained in the control group.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Male sex
Age range 13-18 years
Obesity (Body Mass Index Standard Deviation Score > 2)
Hospitalization for a multidisciplinary program of integrated metabolic rehabilitation at the Division of Auxology, S. Giuseppe Hospital, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Piancavallo, Italy
Disqualifiers
Presence of cardiovascular, psychiatric, and musculoskeletal pathologies
Absence of signed written consent
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation
Other interventionStandard in-hospital protocol of multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation
Multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation + training with WBVE
Other interventionStandard in-hospital protocol of multidisciplinary metabolic rehabilitation + 24 sessions (2 sessions per day) of 30 minutes each of training on a vibration platform (WBVE)
Treatment groups
28 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Control groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Experimental groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Resting energy expenditure
Resting energy expenditure assessed through indirect calorimetry.
Time frame
At baseline and after 3 weeksSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov