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Perception of Physical Exertion in Healthy Weight and Obese Adolescents: A Pilot Study

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What is being collected

Data Collection

Collected at a single point in time - Cross-sectional
Who is being recruted

From 13 to 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Case-Control

Comparing exposures between individuals with and without disease in order to identify potential risk factors.
Observational
Study Start: June 2012
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Summary

Principal SponsorUniversity of Vermont
Last updated: September 10, 2015
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Study start date: June 1, 2012

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Little is known regarding the relationship between perceived and physiological exertion in adolescents. The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between physiological and perceptual markers of effort during exercise and the relationship of these markers to other health-related behaviors in healthy weight and obese adolescents.

Principal SponsorUniversity of Vermont
Last updated: September 10, 2015
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

40 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Case-Control

These studies compare people who have a disease (cases) with those who don't (controls). The goal is to look back at previous exposures or risk factors to identify what might have contributed to the disease.

Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 13 to 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Criteria

3 inclusion criteria required to participate
Approval to participate in a submaximal and maximal treadmill test received from the adolescent's pediatrician

Healthy weight ( > 5th-85th BMI percentile) or obese ( > 95th BMI percentile)

male and female adolescents, 13-18 years

5 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
Adolescents with emotional problems such as clinical depression or other diagnosed psychological condition and currently use prescription medication for psychological conditions

Approval to participate in a submaximal and maximal treadmill test from the adolescent's pediatrician not obtained

Underweight ( < 5th BMI percentile)

evidence/reporting of significant cardiovascular disease, cardiac arrhythmias, liver disease, or the chronic use of medications including diuretics, steroids and adrenergic-stimulating agents

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Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

University of Vermont

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