Cognitive performance Arousal
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: endurance exercise 15 minutes duration
Group 2: endurance exercise 30 minutes duration
Group 3: endurance exercise 45 minutes duration
Sponsors
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Institut für Sportwissenschaften Arbeitsbereich Sportmedizin und Leistungsphysiologie
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Person has to be healthy, has to have legal capacity, has to be able to understand the kind, extent, significance, and the consequences of the intervention.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Persons are excluded if they made use of perception-altering substances. Furthermore persons were excluded if they had acute injuries or severe diseases like: cardiovascular, pulmonary or renal dysfunctions, neurological or psychological diseases, advanced degenerative musculoskeletal diseases as well as a non healed up sports injuries.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pre to post differences of cognitive performance; Measurements via CogState Test Battery: changes in executive functions via Groton Maze Learning Test; changes in attention performance via Detection Test and Identification Test, changes in working memory performance via One Card Learning Test and One Back Test; measurements were taken before and immediately after exercise cessation. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pre to post differences of arousal, immediately after exercise cessation; Attention was measured using a visual analogue scale (not - very); Arousal was measured using the 6-point Felt Arousal Scale (barely - very). | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactSebastian Hacker
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Institut für Sportwissenschaften Arbeitsbereich Sportmedizin und Leistungsphysiologie
Outcome results
None listed