Cognitive Change
Conditions
Keywords
acute aerobic exercise, cognition, university students, physical fitness
Brief summary
60 healthy male university students will be included in this study. Physical fitness parameters, fluid intelligence, and physical activity level will be measured at baseline. Participants will be randomised to one of two testing schedules, groups will complete either a 30-minutes aerobic exercise session or a resting control condition. Cognitive measures (simple reaction time task, go/nogo task, spatial cueing, n-back task) will be tested before and after the intervention.
Interventions
OTHERaerobic exercise
30-minutes aerobic exercise intervention on the bicycle ergometer. The exercise protocol includes 5 minutes of warm-up, 20 minutes of loading and 5 minutes of cool-down. The intensity of the exercise will be adjusted to be between 46% and 63% of the VO2max calculated according to the exercise programming guide published by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), and the perceived effort level on the Borg scale will be 12-13. Warm-up and cool-down periods will be set to 46% of VO2max and Borg perceived exertion level below 9.
Sponsors
Izmir University of Economics
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Intervention model description
Two group comparison, before and after intervention
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to 25 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* No known psychiatric, cognitive or physical health problems * No limiting issue for performing exercise according to Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+) * Physical activity level according to International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) \< 3000 MET
Exclusion criteria
* Discomfort/illness that will interfere with physical activity * Using any medication or stimulants * Having limitations for performing exercise according to Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in motor inhibition | Baseline and 30 mins after baseline | Go/NoGo Task |
| Change in working memory capacity | Baseline and 30 mins after baseline | N-Back Task |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in visual inspection and attention | Baseline and 30 mins after baseline | Spatial cueing |
| Change in psychomotor rate | Baseline and 30 mins after baseline | Simple reaction time task |
Other
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| T-test | At baseline | agility |
| Body composition | At baseline | Body Mass Index (BMI) |
| International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) | At baseline | IPAQ score under 300 indicates low physical activity, 300-3000 indicates moderate physical activity and higher than 3000 is high physical activity. |
| VO2max | At baseline | Astrand test |
| Raven's Progressive Matrices | At baseline | Fluid intelligence |
| Muscle strength | At baseline | back-chest-leg strength |
| Plank test | At baseline | muscular endurance |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed