Effects of resistance training on depression and cardiovascular disease risk in Black men: Protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Depression is severely undertreated in Black men. This is primarily because Black men are less likely to seek traditional psychiatric treatment, have less access and more barriers to treatment, and perceive more stigma associated with treatment. Depression contributes to cardiovascular disease (CVD), and Black men have the highest rate of mortality from CVD. Resistance training (RT) can have beneficial effects on both depression and CVD. This study will be the first randomized controlled trial to test the effects of RT on depression and cardiovascular health in a sample of depressed Black men. Fifty Black men with clinically significant symptoms of depression will be randomized to either (a) a 12-week RT or (b) an attention-control group. Behavioral Activation techniques will be used to su

SUBMITTER: Busch AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7451250 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature