This study aims to assess the effects of 10-week water-based aerobic training (thrice a week) on anthropometrics, biochemicals, cardiovascular parameters, and explosive strength in young overweight and obese women. The findings indicate that water-based aerobic training could be a useful program to enhance body composition, biochemical, cardiovascular, and explosive strength parameters in young overweight and obese women compared to inactive persons
This study is based on a randomized controlled trial with a pre-to-post testing design, twenty-seven young overweight and obese women were assigned to training group (a water-based aerobic training) or control group (maintaining their usual activities during the studying period. For each training session, water activities were implemented for 50 min which included warm-up (10 min), main activities (30 min), and cool-down (10 min). The swimming pool where the intervention took part was 1.50 m deep of water. The pre- and post-intervention participants were assessed for their anthropometrics, biochemicals (fasting glycemia, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglyceride (TG)), resting blood pressure, and resting heart rate, and explosive strength of upper (countermovement jump and squat jump) and lower limbs (a seated medicine ball throw test).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
31
The water-based aerobic program was adopted from the protocol previously used by Costa et al. (2018, 2020). This training program was carried out thrice a week over 2 non-consecutive days 48 hours apart for 10 weeks according to ACSM guidelines
Department of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Taipei
Taipei, Taiwan
fasting glycemia in millimoles per liter
baseline blood sample
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
total cholesterol in millimoles per liter
baseline blood sample
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in millimoles per liter
baseline blood samplelipoprotein cholesterol, and triglyceride concentrations
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in millimoles per liter
baseline blood sample
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
triglyceride concentrations in millimoles per liter
baseline blood sample
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
systolic blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
baseline blood sample
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
diastolic blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
baseline blood sample
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
heart rate in beat per minute
baseline blood sample
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
fasting glycemia in millimoles per liter
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post-training blood sample
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
total cholesterol in millimoles per liter
post-training blood sample
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in millimoles per liter
post-training blood sample
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in millimoles per liter
post-training blood sample
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
triglyceride concentrations in millimoles per liter
post-training blood sample
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
systolic blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
post-training blood sample
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
diastolic blood pressure in millimeters of mercury
post-training blood sample
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
heart rate in beat per minute
post-training blood sample
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
countermovement jump in centimetres
baseline lower limbs power test
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
squat jump in centimeters
baseline lower limbs power test
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
chest 3-kg medicine ball throw in meters
baseline upper limbs power test
Time frame: 3 days before the 10-week interventional period
countermovement jump in centimetres
post-training lower limbs power test
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
squat jump in centimeters
post-training lower limbs power test
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period
chest 3-kg medicine ball throw in meters
post-training upper limbs power test
Time frame: one day after the 10-week interventional period