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NCT Number: NCT02853760

Affective Responses in Mountain Hiking

Using a within-subject design, 42 healthy participants were randomly exposed to three different conditions: outdoor mountain hiking, indoor treadmill walking, and sedentary control situation (3.5 hours each). Measures included the Feeling Scale, Felt Arousal Scale and a Mood Survey Scale. Univariate ANOVAs were used to analyse differences between the conditions.

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Key information

Conditions

Affect

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • voluntary participation

Exclusion criteria

  • pregnancy
  • breast-feeding
  • chronic or acute diseases (already existing or diagnosed during the study)
  • age below 18 and above 70 years
  • unable to be physically active assessed by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (Shephard, Thomas, & Weller, 1991)

Treatment and study plan

Walking

Behavioral

Treadmill

Device

Primary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline Subscales of Mood Survey Scale at 3 Hours

    Time frame: baseline and 3 hours

    Mood Survey Scale, min: 5, max: 25 higher score: better outcome All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

  2. Change From Baseline Feeling Scale at 3 Hours

    Time frame: baseline and 3 hours after baseline

    Feeling Scale, min: -5, max: +5 higher score: better outcome All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

  3. Change From Baseline Felt Arousal Scale at 3 Hours

    Time frame: baseline and 3 hours after baseline

    Felt Arousal Scale, min: 0, max: 6 higher score: better outcome All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline Blood Pressure at 3 Hours

    Time frame: baseline and 3 hours

    All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

  2. Change From Baseline Heart Rate Variability at 3 Hours

    Time frame: baseline and 3 hours

    All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

  3. Change From Baseline Cortisol at 3 Hours (Saliva Sampling)

    Time frame: baseline and 3 hours

    All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Universitaet Innsbruck

Other

Collaborators

  • Paracelsus Medical University

Registry information

Official study title

Affective Responses in Mountain Hiking: A Randomized Controlled Trial Focusing on Differences Between Indoor and Outdoor Activity

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Aug 3, 2016
Registry last updated
May 18, 2022

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