The Influence of Different Mood States and Emotions on the Physiologic, Metabolic, and Perceptual Responses to Feeding Before Exercise

Old Dominion University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cramp, Abdominal; Other Gastrointestinal Disorders

Treatments: Other: Thrilling/Suspenseful Video Clips; Other: Horror/Scary Video Clips; Other: Funny/Amusing Video Clips

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05217589

21-180

Details and patient eligibility

About

Many athletes anecdotally report modifying their nutritional intake before competition in order to avoid gut problems, but no studies have evaluated whether emotional state impacts tolerance to pre-exercise feeding. Therefore, this study will use movie clips (stressful, horror, and funny/amusing) to induce different mood states and emotions, which will be followed by ingestion of food before endurance running on a treadmill. In addition, metabolic and physiologic responses to mood induction will be evaluated.

Enrollment: 90 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 55 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Aged 18 to 55 years
2. Able to run for 30 min at a moderate-to-vigorous intensity without stopping
3. No diagnosis or signs/symptoms of cardiovascular disease (CVD) or metabolic disorders
4. Currently physically active (at least 3 days/week of exercise at a moderate or higher intensity)
5. No visual or hearing impairments interfering with ability to see and hear video clips
6. No allergies to ingredients in Boost drink

Exclusion criteria

1. Aged <18 or >55 years
2. Unable to run for 30 min at a moderate-to-vigorous intensity without stopping
3. A diagnosis or signs/symptoms of CVD or metabolic disorders
4. Currently physically inactive (< 3 days/week of exercise at a moderate or higher intensity)
5. Visual or hearing impairments interfering with ability to see and hear video clips
6. Allergies to ingredients in Boost drink

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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90 participants in 3 patient groups

Funny/Amusing Video Clips

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will watch 5-7-min video clips that are meant to be funny/amusing

Treatment:

Other: Funny/Amusing Video Clips

Horror/Scary Video Clips

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will watch 5-7-min video clips that are meant to be scary

Treatment:

Other: Horror/Scary Video Clips

Thrilling/Suspenseful Video Clips

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will watch 5-7-min video clips that are meant to be thrilling/suspenseful

Treatment:

Other: Thrilling/Suspenseful Video Clips