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

Izmir University of Economics

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Change

Treatments: Other: aerobic exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05905081

4930-GOA

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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+)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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61 participants in 2 patient groups

Exercise Group

Experimental group

Description:

30-minutes moderate-intensity aerobic exercise will be performed according to ACSM guidelines

Treatment:

Other: aerobic exercise

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

30-minutes video screening while sitting