The Effect of Free Weight Resistance Training and Body Composition on Cognition

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cognitive Performance

Treatments: Behavioral: Resistance Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06662487

BIOEPUCV-HB 546-2022

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study, titled The Effect of Free Weight Resistance Training (FWRT) on Cognitive Function Explored through Eye Tracking, will be a randomized double-blind clinical trial aimed at evaluating how FWRT influences cognitive processing in healthy young adults. Eye-tracking technology will be used to measure reading metrics and DXA scans will be used to measure body composition before and after a 10-week FWRT intervention.

Participants will be randomly assigned to either an experimental group, which will undergo a 10-week FWRT program, or a control group. This study will provide insights into the potential benefits of free weight resistance training on the cognitive performance of text processing tasks.

Enrollment: 12 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• University students between the ages of 18 and 30.
• Healthy individuals with no recent participation (last six months) in physical training programs.
• Normal or corrected-to-normal vision.

Exclusion criteria

• Physical or health limitations that prevent participation in a resistance training program.
• Current involvement in other physical training programs.
• Visual impairments that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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12 participants in 2 patient groups

Free Weight Resistance Training (FWRT)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the experimental group will engage in a 10-week free weight resistance training program. This program will consist of 3 weekly sessions, including exercises such as squats, deadlifts, and bench presses, among others. The training will focus on progressively increasing the intensity, working within a range of 60% to 80% of the one-repetition maximum (1RM).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Resistance Training

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group will not receive any intervention and will be instructed to continue with their usual daily routine. These participants will be evaluated pre- and post-intervention in the same manner as the experimental group but will not participate in the training program.