The Effect of Acute Resistance Exercise on Inhibitory Control

National Taiwan Normal University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Cognitive Function; Exercise

Treatments: Behavioral: low-volume moderate-intensity group; Behavioral: high-volume moderate-intensity group; Behavioral: moderate-volume moderate-intensity group; Behavioral: moderate-volume low-intensity group; Behavioral: Control group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05311202

PACNL_202201HM012

Details and patient eligibility

About

The current study is a five-arm, single bout program aiming to assess the effects of training volume and intensity of acute resistance exercise on inhibitory control on neurocognitive function with respect to event-related potential in adults aged 20 - 26 years.

Full description

The current study is expected that 175 healthy adults will be recruited and randomly assigned to control group, low volume-moderate intensity, moderate volume-moderate intensity, high volume-moderate intensity, or moderate volume-low intensity group, with 35 participants in each group. Participants will be required to conduct two experiments. The first was the familiarity experiment, which consisted of the experiment description, the familiarity test, and the 6 Repetition Maximum (RM) test. The process lasted about 3 hours. The exercise group was given a warm-up exercise before the intervention, followed by resistance exercise, including Bench Press, Rowing, Deadlift, and Squat, all completed on the Smith machine. After the exercise, the group was given a cool down, while the control group was given 30 minutes of reading. Before and after the intervention, Stroop, event-related potential and fingertip blood lactate were measured, and another fingertip blood lactate was measured 10 minutes after the intervention, which lasted about 3 hours.

Enrollment: 175 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 26 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The dominant hand is right-handed
• 18.5 < BMI < 26
• Can cooperate with fingertip blood collection
• No color blindness and epilepsy
• Not taking medications that affect brain function
• Irregular exercise (more than 150 minutes per week for 3 months)

Exclusion criteria

• The participants who do not meet the inclusion or The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+) Criteria.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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175 participants in 5 patient groups

low-volume moderate-intensity group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will attend the trainer-supervised resistance exercise program for 30 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: low-volume moderate-intensity group

moderate-volume moderate-intensity group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will attend the trainer-supervised resistance exercise program for 40 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: moderate-volume moderate-intensity group

high-volume moderate-intensity group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will attend the trainer-supervised resistance exercise program for 50 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: high-volume moderate-intensity group

moderate-volume low-intensity group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will attend the trainer-supervised resistance exercise program for 45 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: moderate-volume low-intensity group

Control group

Experimental group

Description:

Reading for 40 minutes

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control group