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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT03212391
Date of registration: 06/07/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona
Public title: WAVE Study- Walking and Aging in VErona Study WAVE
Scientific title: Effect of Diet and Physical Exercise, With or Without Nordic Walking, on Weight Loss, Physical Performance and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Elderly Overweight and Obese Subjects.
Date of first enrolment: September 19, 2016
Target sample size: 64
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03212391
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:     Andrea P Rossi, Md PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 0458122537
Email: andrea.rossi@hotmail.it
Affiliation: 
Name:     Andrea P Rossi, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 00390458122537
Email: andrea.rossi@hotmail.it
Affiliation: 
Name:     Mauro Zamboni
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  AOUI Verona
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 60-90 years

- Males and females

. BMI > 27 kg/m2

- living in Verona (Italy)

- stable weight in the 3 months

- not involved in physical exercise programs

- informed consent sign

Exclusion Criteria:

- cardiovascular disease (unstable angina, recent myocardial infarction, cardiac
arrhythmias, heart failure, valvular heart disease, aortic aneurysm, recent
intracerebral or subdural hemorrhage, not controlled hypertension)

- musculoskeletal disease (symptomatic discal hernia, symptomatic arthrosis, acute
articular, tendon or ligament lesions, hip prothesis).



Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Disability Physical
Overweight and Obesity
Abdominal Obesity
Hypertension
Sarcopenic Obesity
Cardiovascular Risk Factor
Metabolic Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Diet
Behavioral: Nordic Walking
Behavioral: Walking
Primary Outcome(s)
VO2 max [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
SF 36 [Time Frame: 6 and 12 months]
muscle mass [Time Frame: 3, 6, 9 and 12 months]
fat mass [Time Frame: 3, 6, 9 and 12 months]
GDS [Time Frame: 6 and 12 months]
muscle strength [Time Frame: 3, 6, 9 and 12 months]
PWV [Time Frame: 3, 6, 9 and 12 months]
VO2 max changes [Time Frame: 3, 6, 9 and 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
739CESC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Universita di Verona
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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