Status:
UNKNOWN
Hypoxic Training in Obese Patients
Lead Sponsor:
University of Lausanne
Collaborating Sponsors:
CHUV - Centre des Maladies Osseuses - Département de l'Appareil Locomoteur (DAL)
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois
Conditions:
Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-40 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
By analyzing energetic and biomechanical basis of walking, and the subsequent changes induced by hypoxic vs normoxic training in obese individuals, it may optimize the use of walking in hypoxia to gai...
Detailed Description
Hypoxic training embraces different methods as "live high - train high" (LHTH) and "live high - train low" (LHTL); sleeping at altitude to gain the hematologic adaptations (increased erythrocyte volum...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy and free of clinically significant orthopaedic, neurological, cardiovascular or respiratory conditions.
- BMI \> 30 kg/m\^2.
- Age \> 18 yr.
Exclusion
- Age \> 40 yr.
- BMI \< 35 kg/m\^2.
- Diabetes.
- Neurological disorders, orthopaedic injury, history of falls and medications that provoke dizziness.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2014
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
30 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02241473
Start Date
September 1 2014
End Date
July 1 2015
Last Update
September 16 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Institute of Sport Sciences of the University of Lausanne
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, 1015