66 COMPARATIVE EFFECTS OF THREE 48-WEEK COMMUNITY-BASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND EXERCISE INTERVENTIONS ON AEROBIC CAPACITY, TOTAL CHOLESTEROL AND MEAN ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE

Synthesis of the case study

The study reports the findings of a 48 week long study across multiple community fitness centres in the UK. The aim of this study was to examine the treatment effectiveness of a real-world physical activity (PA) interventions. Three interventions have been investigated by a directly measured cardiovascular variables. All treatments and measures were administrated in a community-based settings by staff of the fitness centres instead of researches, within the existing operational protocols and budgets. Second goals of the study was to encourage community centres to embrace the routine measurement of health-related variables and to better understand the role of evidence in the design and delivery of PA services.