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Status unknownNCT01695785Updated Sep 10, 2015

Perception of Physical Exertion in Healthy Weight and Obese Adolescents

An observational study in Physiological Response to Exercise and Perception of Exercise Difficulty, sponsored by University of Vermont. Status unknown at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 13 Years to 18 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2015-09-10.

Sponsored by University of Vermont · Observational

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Sep 2015), so the status shown — last known as Active, not recruiting — may be out of date.
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
40
Ages
13 Years to 18 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

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.

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Conditions studied

  • Physiological Response to Exercise
  • Perception of Exercise Difficulty
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In context

Lead sponsor

University of Vermont is the lead sponsor of 215 studies on the registry; 28 are open to participants now.

Of its 16 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 9 (56%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
13 Years to 18 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Healthy weight and obese adolescents from the community

Inclusion criteria

  • Healthy weight (>5th-85th BMI percentile) or obese (>95th BMI percentile)
  • male and female adolescents, 13-18 years
  • Approval to participate in a submaximal and maximal treadmill test received from the adolescent's pediatrician.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Underweight (\<5th BMI percentile)
  • overweight (85 - \<95th 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.
  • 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
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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Healthy weight

    greater than or equal to the 5th to less than the 85th BMI percentile

  • Obese

    greater than or equal to the 95th BMI percentile

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Physiological responses to submaximal and maximal treadmill exercise

    Physiological responses to submaximal and maximal treadmill exercise will be assessed during the exercise test and immediately upon completion of the exercise test. The submaximal treadmill exercise will take place at visit 1 and the maximal treadmill exercise test will take place at the 2nd and final visit which will occur 7-10 days from the 1st visit. There is no intervention between visits.

    Time frame: 7-10 days

Secondary outcomes

  1. Perceptual responses to submaximal and maximal treadmill exercise

    Perceptual responses to submaximal and maximal treadmill exercise will be assessed during the exercise test and immediately upon completion of the exercise test. The submaximal treadmill exercise will take place at visit 1 and the maximal treadmill exercise test will take place at the 2nd and final visit which will occur 7-10 days from the 1st visit. There is no intervention between visits.

    Time frame: 7-10 days

Other outcomes

  1. Physical activity intention

    Subjects will be asked how much physical activity they plan or intend to participate in for the next 7 days.

    Time frame: 7 days

  2. Physical activity behavior

    Subjects will be asked how much physical activity they participated in for the past 7 days.

    Time frame: 7 days

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Study locations

1 site
  • University of Vermont
    Burlington, Vermont 05405, United States
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 10, 2015, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01695785
Lead sponsor
University of Vermont
Responsible party
Connie Tompkins, PhD (Assistant Professor, University of Vermont) — Principal investigator
First posted
Sep 28, 2012
Start date
Jun 2012
Primary completion
Aug 2016 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 2016 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 10, 2015

Study contacts

Connie Tompkins, PhD
principal investigator · University of Vermont

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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