Acute Cycling on Executive Control

Physical Activity Clinical Trial

— ACE  

Official title:

The Effects of Acute Cycling on Executive Control

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03499977
• Other study ID #: PA and Executive Functioning
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 1, 2018
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Western University, Canada
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will examine whether 10-minute bouts of cycling at various intensities will impact executive functioning (i.e., cognitive ability) as assessed by the antisaccade (AS) task through a total of five visits. An antisaccade is a rapid eye movement away from a visual target. The ability to suppress making an eye movement towards a visual target gauges inhibitory control (i.e., a domain of executive functioning). In the initial visit, participants' exercise capacity will be assessed through a maximal effort cycling test. Intensities for the cycling bouts (i.e., high, moderate, low) in subsequent sessions will be based upon this maximal effort cycling test. In visits 2 through 5, participants will complete an AS task, followed by a 10-minute bout of cycling, and then complete the AS task again. The order of cycling intensities will be randomized between participants. Differences in the AS task (i.e., reaction time and accuracy) will be compared between and within cycling conditions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 64 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Able to read, write and understand English

• Full time student enrolled at Western University

• Able to perform a ten-minute exercise task at a light intensity without health implications

• Have email or phone number for contacting purposes

Exclusion Criteria:

• Do not have a medical condition that prevents you from exercise (e.g. heart attack in the past year, heart disease, irregular heartbeat, etc.)

• Do not have history of eye injury or neurological impairment

• Do not have an orthopaedic limitation

• Are not pregnant

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Activity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Sitting
10 min bouts
• Light-Intensity Cycling
10min bout
• Moderate-Intensity Cycling
10 min bout
• High-Intensity Cycling
10 min bout

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Western University	London	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Western University, Canada

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Heart Rate	Heart rate measured in beats per minute with a Polar Heart Rate Monitor as a manipulation check	10 minutes
Primary	Reaction Time	Time in milliseconds to target	30 minutes
Primary	Accuracy	Directional errors	30 minutes