Effects OF Acute Aerobic Exercise On Higher Cerebral Functions

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

38 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-06-01

Study Completion Date

2023-09-30

Brief Summary

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We are comparing higher cerebral functions including cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control and working memory in healthy young adults between a group of acute aerobic exercise and a control group.

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Detailed Description

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The objective of this study is to compare cognitive flexibility, inhibitory control, and working memory in healthy young adults between two groups: a group undergoing acute aerobic exercise and a control group.

Methodology:

Study Design: A Randomized Controlled Trial Study Setting: The Physiology Laboratory at Khyber Medical College, Peshawar Study Duration: The study will last for three months. Sample Size: The study will include 19 participants in each group - the Exercising group (E-Group) and the Control group (C-Group).

Healthy young people between 18-25 years who are non-smokers will be included. Sampling: The enrollment in the Randomised Control Trial will be conveniently based, wherein all those who meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria will be enrolled as per study numbers. A lottery method will be adopted for randomization.

Procedure:

The first step is to take ethical approval from the Institutional Research \& Ethical Review Board. Following which, after taking informed consent from the participants, the enrolled participants will be randomly allocated to 2 groups. A demographic questionnaire will be filled. This will be followed by a general physical examination.

Both groups will be familiarized with the executive function tasks, while the E-group will have an additional session regarding the exercise protocol.

Both groups will have an initial assessment of executive functions using online psytoolkit followed by intervention. The E-group will undergo 30 minutes of treadmill walking at 60-65% of HRmax with continuous recording of heart rate and ECG via the Biopac system, while the control group session will consist of sitting idly and quietly in the laboratory doing nothing with continuous recording of heart rate and ECG via the Biopac student lab system.

In the end, executive function tests will be assessed before and after exercise using online psytoolkit.org. The data will be extracted via a properly designed proforma and on Microsoft Excel sheet.

Statistical Analysis:

Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)25.0 will be used for statistical analysis.

Conditions

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Exercise

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Exercising Group

The exercising group shall have pre-intervention assessment of executive brain functions vide Stroop test, Trail making test \& N-Back task/2-Back by using online psytoolkit followed by intervention.

The intervention for the group being acute aerobic exercise, which will comprise of 30 minutes of treadmill walking at 60-65% of Heart Rate max with continuous recording of heart rate and ECG via Biopac MP36 Student Lab system.

This will be followed by post-intervention assessment of executive brain functions vide Stroop test, Trail making test \& N-Back task/2-Back by using online psytoolkit.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Aerobic exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

a moderate kind of physical activity with a heart rate between 65 \& 70% maximum heart rate

Control Group

The control group will also have pre-intervention assessment of executive brain functions vide Stroop test, Trail making test \& N-Back task/2-Back by using online psytoolkit.

The control group will undergo NO EXERCISE intervention. They will sit idly in laboratory for 30 minutes with continuous recording of heart rate and ECG via Biopac system.

The executive brain functions of the control group will be re-assessed vide Stroop test, Trail making test \& N-Back task/2-Back by using online psytoolkit.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR