The Effects of Exercise Intensity on Mood and Wellbeing

University of Reading

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy; Mood; Exercise

Treatments: Other: Control; Other: Spin Bike Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05721521

2022-133-KB

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will adopt a between-within group design where participants will exercise at 1 of 4 intensities for 30 minutes at SportsPark Reading. Mood, mental health (e.g., state anxiety and immediate depressive feelings) and physiological parameters (heart rate, blood pressure and body temperature) will be assessed before and after exercise intervention to compare the acute change across time for each intensity condition (no exercise (control), low, moderate, high).

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-30 years old

Exclusion criteria

• If participants' General Practitioner (GP) has advised them against exercising at low, moderate or high intensities
• Recent injuries within the last 12 weeks
• Physical health conditions that may be affected by exercising (e.g., asthma)
• Taking blood pressure medications

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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66 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group

High intensity

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Spin Bike Exercise

Moderate intensity

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Spin Bike Exercise

Low intensity

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Spin Bike Exercise

No exercise (control)

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Control