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Cardiometabolic Health Intervention Using Movement-to-Music Exercise
Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Summary
The study aims to test the benefits of a 24-week, cardio-emphasized Movement-to-Music exercise program for reversing cardiometabolic health risk factors compared to asynchronous, standard exercise programs among 132 adult wheelchair users. The targeted cardiometabolic health factors are waist circumference, triglycerides, "good" cholesterol, glucose, and blood pressure. Additionally, a 12-week follow-up phase (weeks 25-36) is included to see whether the gains are maintained.
Official title: Examining the Effects of Live Telehealth Exercise Training on Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Wheelchair Users
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 89 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
132
Start Date
2023-09-11
Completion Date
2027-12-30
Last Updated
2025-05-06
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Instructor-led, one-on-one M2M exercise group
Participants will attend 3 exercise sessions per week for 24 weeks. Each session will last 15 - 40 minutes. Increasing by 5 - 10 minutes each week. Each session will last from 25 to 50 minutes by increasing 5 to 10 minutes each week. The exercise program will focus on improving cardiorespiratory fitness using a series of movement patterns accompanied by music. The program will be tailored to individuals' abilities (e.g., use of arms only vs. truck movement together; slow vs. fast tempo music). The exercise will be prescribed at a moderate intensity level (working somewhat hard with increased heart rate and breathing rate). For the follow-up phase (weeks 25-36), participants will receive the recorded M2M exercise sessions between the M2M instructors and themselves to continue to exercise for the remaining 12 weeks.
Self-guided control with pre-recorded standard exercise videos
Participants will exercise for 36 weeks using pre-recorded exercise videos. The videos include warm-up, flexibility, muscular strength, aerobic endurance, balance, and cool-down.
Locations (1)
The University of Alabama at Birmingahm
Birmingham, Alabama, United States