Acute Cycling on Executive Control

NCT ID: NCT03499977

Last Updated: 2024-05-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 20 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-07-01
• Study Completion Date: 2019-07-31

Brief Summary

This study will examine whether 10-minute bouts of cycling at various intensities will impact executive functioning (i.e., cognitive ability) as assessed by the antisaccade (AS) task through a total of five visits. An antisaccade is a rapid eye movement away from a visual target. The ability to suppress making an eye movement towards a visual target gauges inhibitory control (i.e., a domain of executive functioning). In the initial visit, participants' exercise capacity will be assessed through a maximal effort cycling test. Intensities for the cycling bouts (i.e., high, moderate, low) in subsequent sessions will be based upon this maximal effort cycling test. In visits 2 through 5, participants will complete an AS task, followed by a 10-minute bout of cycling, and then complete the AS task again. The order of cycling intensities will be randomized between participants. Differences in the AS task (i.e., reaction time and accuracy) will be compared between and within cycling conditions.

Conditions

Physical Activity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Sitting

The participant will be asked to sit for 10 min (not increasing their heart rate) then do the anti-saccade task

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Sitting

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

10 min bouts

Low-Intensity Cycling

Participant will be asked to cycle for 10 min (\<40% VO2R) and then perform the anti-saccade task

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Light-Intensity Cycling

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

10min bout

Moderate-Intensity Cycling

The participant will be asked to do 10 min of cycling (40-59% VO2R) followed but the anti-saccade task

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Moderate-Intensity Cycling

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

10 min bout

High-Intensity Cycling

The participant will be asked to do 10 min of cycling (60%-84% VO2R) followed but the anti-saccade task

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

High-Intensity Cycling

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

10 min bout

Interventions

Sitting

10 min bouts

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Light-Intensity Cycling

10min bout

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Moderate-Intensity Cycling

10 min bout

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

High-Intensity Cycling

10 min bout

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Able to read, write and understand English
• Full time student enrolled at Western University
• Able to perform a ten-minute exercise task at a light intensity without health implications
• Have email or phone number for contacting purposes

Exclusion Criteria

• Do not have a medical condition that prevents you from exercise (e.g. heart attack in the past year, heart disease, irregular heartbeat, etc.)
• Do not have history of eye injury or neurological impairment
• Do not have an orthopaedic limitation
• Are not pregnant

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 64 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Western University, Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr. Harry Prapavessis

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Harry Prapavessis, Ph.D

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Western University

Locations

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

Countries

Canada

Other Identifiers

PA and Executive Functioning

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id