Exercise Program in Women With Metabolic Syndrome

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Conditions studied: Metabolic Syndrome

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test whether a supervised mixed aerobic and strength training (MAST) program is effective in improving overall physical fitness and blood flow in the brain and lowering risk factors of coronary artery disease (CAD) in women with metabolic syndrome.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00929500

Run by

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

People needed

28

Starts

2009-07-01

Expected to finish

2013-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-11-13

Who can join

Age: 50 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Post-menopausal women
• Age 50 or over
• Diagnosed metabolic syndrome

You may not qualify if…

• Any unstable or acute medical condition that the study physician deem unsafe for participation
• Positive stress test for CAD or other ischemic conditions
• Myocardial infarction or major surgery within 6 months
• History of a clinically documented stroke
• Clinical dementia (by history) or inability to follow details of the protocol
• Carotid stenosis > 50% by medical history
• Insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (also type II, if using insulin) or history of severe hypoglycemic episodes within 6 months requiring hospitalization
• Liver or renal failure or transplant
• Severe blood pressure elevation (systolic BP > 180 and/or diastolic BP > 110 mm Hg)
• Anemia (Hb < 10)
• Seizure disorders
• Current recreational drug or alcohol abuse
• BMI > 45, but body weight under 280 lbs
• Inability to obtain permission for participation from the primary care physician
• Clinically significant and movement limiting hip, knee and/or back disorders or injury, and rheumatoid arthritis
• Transcranial Doppler (TCD) exclusion criteria - poor insonation window and TCD signal

Where it is running

• Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard University — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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