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NCT Number: NCT05905081

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

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Cognitive Change

Age range

18 year–25 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Izmir University of Economics

Izmir, Turkey (Türkiye)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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+)

Treatment and study plan

Aerobic Exercise

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in motor inhibition

    Time frame: Baseline and 30 mins after baseline

    Go/NoGo Task

  2. Change in working memory capacity

    Time frame: Baseline and 30 mins after baseline

    N-Back Task

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in psychomotor rate

    Time frame: Baseline and 30 mins after baseline

    Simple reaction time task

  2. Change in visual inspection and attention

    Time frame: Baseline and 30 mins after baseline

    Spatial cueing

Other outcomes

  1. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

    Time frame: At baseline

    IPAQ score under 300 indicates low physical activity, 300-3000 indicates moderate physical activity and higher than 3000 is high physical activity.

  2. VO2max

    Time frame: At baseline

    Astrand test

  3. Raven's Progressive Matrices

    Time frame: At baseline

    Fluid intelligence

  4. Muscle strength

    Time frame: At baseline

    back-chest-leg strength

  5. Plank test

    Time frame: At baseline

    muscular endurance

  6. T-test

    Time frame: At baseline

    agility

  7. Body composition

    Time frame: At baseline

    Body Mass Index (BMI)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Izmir University of Economics

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jun 15, 2023
Registry last updated
Sep 13, 2023

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