Physical Exercise for Men With Andropause
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- 32
Summary
- Conditions
- Abdominal Obesity
- Androgen Deficiency
- Depressive Symptoms
- Erectile Dysfunction
- Stress Psychological
- Testosterone Deficiency
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: The randomization of the men who will participate in the study will be carried out through a computer program; In the four groups that will compose the study: exercise group + supplementation - intervention with application of a concurrent training protocol for six months and supplementation with eurycoma longifolia, 200mg once daily; exercise group + placebo intervention with application of a concurrent training protocol for six months and administration of starch capsules; control group + supplementation - monthly will be contacted via telephone and will be encouraged to maintain their daily activities and supplementation with eurycoma longifolia, 200mg once daily; control group + placebo - monthly will be contacted via telephone and will be encouraged to maintain their daily activities and administration of starch capsules.Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: The study will have a double-blind blindness, performed in the process of randomization of the participants, who will not be informed about the allocation of the groups, and in the period of data collection and application of the concurrtent training protocol, in which the Researchers who will carry out the data collection will not participate in the application of the protocol, and vice versa.Primary Purpose: Treatment
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 40 years and 59 years
- Gender
- Only males
Description
In this protocol the participants will perform aerobic and resistance training according to published evidence for middle-aged men; Characterized as concurrent training. The protocol will last six months and will be divided into two quarters. In the first trimester, initial 30 minutes will be assign...
In this protocol the participants will perform aerobic and resistance training according to published evidence for middle-aged men; Characterized as concurrent training. The protocol will last six months and will be divided into two quarters. In the first trimester, initial 30 minutes will be assigned to resistance training, followed by 30 minutes of aerobic training; Already in the second trimester will be 20 initial minutes for the aerobic training and later 40 minutes for the resistance training; Aiming to obtain benefits in the levels of muscular strength, aerobic capacity, body composition, besides positive results in relation to the hormonal adaptations of testosterone, as well as in the psychological well being of the participants. Classes will occur at a frequency of three times weekly, lasting 60 minutes a session. For the elaboration of this protocol will be followed the guidelines of the American College of Sports Medicine of resistance training for healthy adults The aerobic training of this protocol will follow the American College of Sports Medicine's prescription prescription guidelines for the health of healthy adult subjects,
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT03150225
- Collaborators
- Not Provided
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Melissa CS Vieira, MSc Santa Catarina State University - Florianópolis, SC, Brazil Study Director: Adriana CA Guimarães, PhD Santa Catarina State University - Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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