Acute Effects of Moderate Intensity Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive Functions in Young Adult Males

Sponsor

Izmir University of Economics (Other)

Overall Status

Recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05905081

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

2.4

Anticipated Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

60 healthy male university students will be included in this study. Physical fitness parameters, fluid intelligence, and physical activity level will be measured at baseline. Participants will be randomised to one of two testing schedules, groups will complete either a 30-minutes aerobic exercise session or a resting control condition. Cognitive measures (simple reaction time task, go/nogo task, spatial cueing, n-back task) will be tested before and after the intervention.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Cognitive Change	Other: aerobic exercise	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Anticipated Enrollment :

60 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

Two group comparison, before and after interventionTwo group comparison, before and after intervention

Masking:

Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Primary Purpose:

Basic Science

Official Title:

Acute Effects of Physical Fitness and Aerobic Exercise on Cognitive Functions in Young Adult Males

Actual Study Start Date :

Jun 20, 2023

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Aug 1, 2023

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Sep 1, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Exercise Group 30-minutes moderate-intensity aerobic exercise will be performed according to ACSM guidelines	Other: aerobic exercise 30-minutes aerobic exercise intervention on the bicycle ergometer. The exercise protocol includes 5 minutes of warm-up, 20 minutes of loading and 5 minutes of cool-down. The intensity of the exercise will be adjusted to be between 46% and 63% of the VO2max calculated according to the exercise programming guide published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and the perceived effort level on the Borg scale will be 12-13. Warm-up and cool-down periods will be set to 46% of VO2max and Borg perceived exertion level below 9.
No Intervention: Control Group 30-minutes video screening while sitting

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Exercise Group

30-minutes moderate-intensity aerobic exercise will be performed according to ACSM guidelines

Other: aerobic exercise

30-minutes aerobic exercise intervention on the bicycle ergometer. The exercise protocol includes 5 minutes of warm-up, 20 minutes of loading and 5 minutes of cool-down. The intensity of the exercise will be adjusted to be between 46% and 63% of the VO2max calculated according to the exercise programming guide published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and the perceived effort level on the Borg scale will be 12-13. Warm-up and cool-down periods will be set to 46% of VO2max and Borg perceived exertion level below 9.

No Intervention: Control Group

30-minutes video screening while sitting

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Change in motor inhibition [Baseline and 30 mins after baseline]
Go/NoGo Task
Change in working memory capacity [Baseline and 30 mins after baseline]
N-Back Task

Secondary Outcome Measures

Change in psychomotor rate [Baseline and 30 mins after baseline]
Simple reaction time task
Change in visual inspection and attention [Baseline and 30 mins after baseline]
Spatial cueing

Other Outcome Measures

International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) [At baseline]
IPAQ score under 300 indicates low physical activity, 300-3000 indicates moderate physical activity and higher than 3000 is high physical activity.
VO2max [At baseline]
Astrand test
Raven's Progressive Matrices [At baseline]
Fluid intelligence
Muscle strength [At baseline]
back-chest-leg strength
Plank test [At baseline]
muscular endurance
T-test [At baseline]
agility
Body composition [At baseline]
Body Mass Index (BMI)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 25 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

Male

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

No known psychiatric, cognitive or physical health problems
No limiting issue for performing exercise according to Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+)
Physical activity level according to International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) < 3000 MET

Exclusion Criteria:

Discomfort/illness that will interfere with physical activity
Using any medication or stimulants
Having limitations for performing exercise according to Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+)

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Izmir University of Economics	İzmir		Turkey

Sponsors and Collaborators

Izmir University of Economics

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Şermin Tükel Akay, PhD, Izmir University of Economics

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Şermin Tükel Akay, Asst. Prof., Izmir University of Economics

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05905081

Other Study ID Numbers:

4930-GOA

First Posted:

Jun 15, 2023

Last Update Posted:

Jun 22, 2023

Last Verified:

Jun 1, 2023

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by Şermin Tükel Akay, Asst. Prof., Izmir University of Economics

acute aerobic exercise

cognition

university students

physical fitness

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 22, 2023