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

Cognitive Change Clinical Trial

Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05905081
• Other study ID #: 4930-GOA
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 20, 2023
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: September 2023
• Source: Izmir University of Economics
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 61
• Est. completion date: September 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: September 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

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+)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognitive Change

Intervention

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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Izmir University of Economics	Izmir

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Izmir University of Economics

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)	IPAQ score under 300 indicates low physical activity, 300-3000 indicates moderate physical activity and higher than 3000 is high physical activity.	At baseline
Other	VO2max	Astrand test	At baseline
Other	Raven's Progressive Matrices	Fluid intelligence	At baseline
Other	Muscle strength	back-chest-leg strength	At baseline
Other	Plank test	muscular endurance	At baseline
Other	T-test	agility	At baseline
Other	Body composition	Body Mass Index (BMI)	At baseline
Primary	Change in motor inhibition	Go/NoGo Task	Baseline and 30 mins after baseline
Primary	Change in working memory capacity	N-Back Task	Baseline and 30 mins after baseline
Secondary	Change in psychomotor rate	Simple reaction time task	Baseline and 30 mins after baseline
Secondary	Change in visual inspection and attention	Spatial cueing	Baseline and 30 mins after baseline