The Effect of Acute Concurrent Exercise on Executive Function: An Event-Related Potential Study

National Taiwan Normal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Executive Function

Treatments: Behavioral: concurrent exercise; Behavioral: aerobic exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05314634

PACNL_rueihongli_CE

Details and patient eligibility

About

Executive function is a high-level cognition which plays an important role in our life. Meta-analysis study has demonstrated that acute exercise could improve executive function. However, it is still unclear whether executive function can be enhanced by the concurrent exercise that combines aerobic and resistance exercise. Moreover, previous studies indicated that acute exercise could increase the concentration of blood lactate which is positive correlated to executive function. It is still unclear whether the effect of acute concurrent exercise on executive function is mediated by blood lactate. Therefore, the purposes of present study are: (1) Measuring the effect of acute concurrent exercise and aerobic exercise on executive function. (2) Measuring whether the effect of acute concurrent exercise on executive function is mediated by blood lactate.

Full description

Executive function is a high-level cognition which plays an important role in academic performance, career, and interpersonal relationship. Meta-analysis study has demonstrated that acute exercise could improve executive function, and also observed similar positive effect through both aerobic and resistance exercise. However, it is still unclear whether executive function can be enhanced by the concurrent exercise that combines aerobic and resistance exercise. Moreover, previous studies indicated that acute exercise could increase the concentration of blood lactate which is positive correlated to executive function. It is still unclear whether the effect of acute concurrent exercise on executive function is mediated by blood lactate. Therefore, the purposes of present study are: (1) Measuring the effect of acute concurrent exercise and aerobic exercise on executive function. (2) Measuring whether the effect of acute concurrent exercise on executive function is mediated by blood lactate.

Enrollment: 78 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 28 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. no history of psychiatric or neurological disorders
2. no history of cardiovascular disease
3. normal or corrected to normal vision and normal color perception
4. right handed
5. 18.5 < BMI < 27

Exclusion criteria

1. Diagnosed with epilepsy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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78 participants in 3 patient groups

concurrent exercise group, CE

Experimental group

Description:

Participants conduct 5-min warm up, 12-min aerobic exercise, 13-min resistance exercise, and 5-min cool down.

Treatment:

Behavioral: concurrent exercise

aerobic exercise group, AE

Experimental group

Description:

Participants conduct 5-min warm up, 25-min aerobic exercise, and 5-min cool down.

Treatment:

Behavioral: aerobic exercise

reading control group, RC

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants conduct reading for 35 minutes.