High-intensity Functional Circuit Training and Cognitive Function

Exercise Clinical Trial

Official title:

Acute Effects of High-intensity Functional Circuit Training on Cognitive Function: a Randomised, Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03619291
• Other study ID #: SpM2018-001
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2018
• Est. completion date: November 2018

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Goethe University
• Contact: Jan Wilke, PhD
• Phone: 0049 69 798 24588
• Email: wilke[@]sport.uni-frankfurt.de
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study investigates the acute effects of one bout of high-intensity functional circuit training on cognitive function against no-activity control and aerobic exercise.

Description:

Exercise has been shown to acutely improve cognitive function (CF). However, it is unknown as to how high-intensity functional circuit training (HIFCT) affects CF. This study aims to compare the acute effects of one HIFCT bout against an inactive control condition as well as against one bout of conventional aerobic exercise.

Healthy participants will be randomly allocated to either a HIFCT group, an aerobic exercise group (walking) or an inactive control group. In the HIFCT group, participants perform a 15-minute workout, which is composed of functional exercise mimicking activities of daily living (e.g. squat, step-ups) and conducted in a circuit format. Each exercise is performed at all-out intensity for 20 seconds, followed by a 10-second break. Thus, the 15-min workout consists of 30 exercise intervals.

In the control group, participants will be inactively seated for 15 minutes, reading sports brochures and literature.

In the walking group, participants will walk at moderate intensity on a treadmill for 15 minutes.

Outcomes assessed pre and post-workout include the stroop test, trail making test, stop-signal task, heart rate, subjective arousal, rate of perceived exertion and exercise enjoyment.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 36
• Est. completion date: November 2018
• Est. primary completion date: October 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-40 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• severe orthopaedic, psychiatric, neurological, endocrine or cardiovascular disorders

• acute illness, not completely healed injuries

• muscle soreness

• pregnancy/nursing period

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Cognition
• Exercise

Intervention

Other:
• Aerobic Exercise
walking on a treadmill at moderate intensity, total duration 15 minutes
• High-intensity functional training
functional exercises in circuit format at 20/10 s (work/rest) intervals, total duration 15 minutes
• control
physical inactivity, reading sports science literature, total duration 15 minutes

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Goethe University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	interference control	stroop test	2 min
Secondary	cognitive flexibility/visual orientation	trail making test	2 min
Secondary	inhibitory control	stop-signal task	2 min