Tokyo, Oct. 23 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000063380) titled 'Effects of a 4-Week Progressive Squat Exercise Program Using a Passive Assistive Suit on Exercise Motivation in University Students Without Regular Exercise Habits: A Randomized Controlled Trial' on Oct. 22.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Basic Design - Parallel Randomization - Randomized Blinding - Open -no one is blinded Control - Active

Primary Sponsor: Institute - Hiroshima University

Condition: Condition - Not applicable (healthy university students without regular exercise habits) Classification by malignancy - Others Genomic information - NO

Objective: Narrative objectives1 - The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of squat exercise performed while wearing a passive assistive suit on longitudinal changes in exercise motivation and physical function among University Students without regular exercise habits. Basic objectives2 - Efficacy

Intervention: Interventions/Control_1 - Assistive suit group EXO. Participants wore a passive assistive suit DARWING UT-Rise manufactured by Daiya Industry Co Ltd Okayama Japan and performed squat exercises three times per week for 4 weeks. Each session comprised three sets of 8-12 repetitions. Exercise load was progressively increased according to the participants' achievement of the prescribed repetitions based on the recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine. Exercise sessions were generally conducted under the supervision of the principal investigator. When supervised exercise was not feasible participants recorded their exercise sessions at home and the recordings were subsequently reviewed by the principal investigator. Interventions/Control_2 - Control group CON. Participants performed squat exercises without wearing the passive assistive suit three times per week for 4 weeks. Each session comprised three sets of 8-12 repetitions. Exercise load was progressively increased according to the participants' achievement of the prescribed repetitions based on the recommendations of the American College of Sports Medicine. Exercise sessions were generally conducted under the supervision of the principal investigator. When supervised exercise was not feasible participants recorded their exercise sessions at home and the recordings were subsequently reviewed by the principal investigator.

Eligibility: Age-lower limit - 18 years-old = Gender - Male and Female Key inclusion criteria - 1. University students aged 18 years or older 2. Individuals who did not meet the criterion for regular exercise habits, defined as engaging in exercise for at least 30 minutes per session, at least twice per week, for at least 1 year 3. Individuals who received a full explanation of the study and provided written informed consent to participate Key exclusion criteria - 1. Individuals with medical restrictions on exercise 2. Individuals with musculoskeletal pain or injury that could interfere with squat exercise 3. Individuals with cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, or other medical conditions that could affect safe participation 4. Individuals with any other condition judged by the investigators to make participation inappropriate Target Size - 22

Recruitment Status: Recruitment status - Completed Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 09 Month 18 Day Date of IRB - 2025 Year 09 Month 18 Day Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 09 Month 18 Day Last follow-up date - 2026 Year 08 Month 03 Day

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