"We Walk": Impact of Exercise Dose on Health Outcomes Among Women Ages 60-75

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Conditions studied: Condition

In brief

The overall goal is to determine whether any energy expenditure compensation in response to 16 weeks of aerobic exercise at a higher-dose is greater compared to a lower-dose intervention in older women, and to begin to investigate underlying physiological mechanisms that influence energy expenditure changes in older women.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01722136

Run by

University of South Carolina

People needed

72

Starts

2012-08-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-19

Who can join

Age: 60 and older, up to 75. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• BMI 18-30
• Sedentary (exercising less than 20 minutes no more than 3 times per week)
• Non-smoking
• Weight stable (+/- 5%) over past 3 months

You may not qualify if…

• Self-reported cardiovascular disease
• Additional self-reported medical conditions
• Medications known to affect metabolism
• Excess caffeine use
• Self-reported contradictions according to ACSM
• Unwillingness to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• Public Health Research Center University of South Carolina — Columbia, South Carolina, United States

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