Different consecutive training protocols to design an intervention program for overweight youth: a controlled study
| Autor: | Alfonso Di Costanzo, Enzo Iuliano, Giovanni Fiorilli, Emidio Campanella, Giovanna Aquino, Alessandra di Cagno, Giuseppe Calcagno, Despina Tsopani |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Overweight Adolescents Fat mass 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine 030225 pediatrics Internal Medicine Medicine Aerobic exercise Effective treatment Obesity Exercise Targets and Therapy [Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity] Original Research Pharmacology Intervention program business.industry Resistance training 030229 sport sciences Anthropometry medicine.disease 3. Good health Adherence Physical therapy medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy |
| ISSN: | 1178-7007 |
| Popis: | Giovanni Fiorilli,1 Enzo Iuliano,1 Giovanna Aquino,1 Emidio Campanella,1 Despina Tsopani,2 Alfonso Di Costanzo,1 Giuseppe Calcagno,1 Alessandra di Cagno3 1Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy; 2Department of Motor and Health Sciences, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 3Department of Motor, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, Rome, Italy Objective: To find the optimal exercise program to be recommended in reducing adiposity and promoting long-term physical activity adherence in a sample of overweight adolescents.Methods: Forty-five overweight adolescents were randomly divided into three exercise groups, to perform two phases of physical activity as follows: in the first phase, the first group performed a 16-week moderate-intensity resistance training (RT), the second group performed a 16-week high-intensity RT, and the third group performed a 16-week aerobic training (AT); in the second phase, all groups performed a 6-week AT. Anthropometric body composition and fitness measures were considered as outcome measures.Results: After the second protocol, both RT groups showed a significant improvement in percentage of fat mass (F2,76 = 5.843; p = 0.004; η2 = 0.133) and free fat mass (F2,76 = 6.254; p= 0.003; η2= 0.141), and in fitness tests (p < 0.01). The VO2max values of the RT groups were significantly higher than those of the AT group (F2,38 = 4.264; p = 0.021; η2= 0.183). The rate of adherence to exercise was an average of 94% in both RT groups, whereas in the AT group, it was 83%. During the 12-week post-intervention follow-up, the number of participants who continued to perform physical activities was significantly higher in both the RT groups than in the AT group (p < 0.05).Conclusion: The present study provides preliminary evidence that moderate-to-intense RT, followed by AT, can be an effective treatment for overweight adolescents, and the positive effects are maintained even after 12 weeks of follow-up. Keywords: exercise, obesity, adolescents, adherence, resistance training |
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