The Effect of Acute Concurrent Exercise on Inhibitory Control: An Event-related Potential Study

NCT ID: NCT06370286

Last Updated: 2024-04-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 78 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-02-15
• Study Completion Date: 2022-02-15

Brief Summary

The present study aimed to determine the effects of acute concurrent exercise on inhibitory control via behavioral and event-related potential approaches and to examine its potential mediational role on lactate among younger adults. The main questions it aims to answer are: (1) Does acute concurrent exercise improve inhibitory control via behavioral and event-related potential approaches? (2) Does lactate play a potential mediational role in the effect of acute concurrent exercise on inhibitory control?

Detailed Description

The present study aimed to determine the effects of acute concurrent exercise (CE) on inhibitory control via behavioral and event-related potential approaches and to examine its potential mediational role on lactate. Participants were randomly assigned to either a CE, aerobic exercise (AE), or control (CON) group. Participants in the CE group engaged in 12-minutes of AE (40%-59% of heart rate reserve [HRR]) coupled with 13-minutes of resistance exercise (1 set, with 75% of 10-repetition maximum, and 12 repetitions of 8 movements). The AE group participated in 25 minutes of AE (40%-59% HRR). Prior to and following exercise onset, participants in both the CE and AE groups completed a 5-minute warm-up and cool-down. Participants in the CON group read books for 35 minutes. Lactate concentrations were measured at timepoint of 0-, 17-, and 30-minutes relative to the treatment onset. Response time (RT) and accuracy in the Stroop test, as well as P3 amplitudes, were assessed before and after the treatment.

Conditions

Exercise; Cognition

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

concurrent exercise (CE)

Participants in the concurrent exercise group engaged in 12-minutes of aerobic exercise (40%-59% of heart rate reserve \[HRR\]) coupled with 13-minutes of resistance exercise (1 set, with 75% of 10-repetition maximum, and 12 repetitions of 8 movements). Prior to and following exercise onset, participants completed a 5-minute warm-up and cool-down.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

concurrent exercise (CE)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the concurrent exercise group engaged in 12-minutes of aerobic exercise (40%-59% of heart rate reserve \[HRR\]) coupled with 13-minutes of resistance exercise (1 set, with 75% of 10-repetition maximum, and 12 repetitions of 8 movements). Prior to and following exercise onset, participants completed a 5-minute warm-up and cool-down.

aerobic exercise (AE)

Participants in the aerobic exercise (AE) group participated in 25 minutes of AE (40%-59% of heart rate reserve \[HRR\]). Prior to and following exercise onset, participants completed a 5-minute warm-up and cool-down.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

aerobic exercise (AE)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the aerobic exercise (AE) group participated in 25 minutes of AE (40%-59% of heart rate reserve \[HRR\]). Prior to and following exercise onset, participants completed a 5-minute warm-up and cool-down.

control (CON)

Participants in the control group read books for 35 minutes.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

concurrent exercise (CE)

Participants in the concurrent exercise group engaged in 12-minutes of aerobic exercise (40%-59% of heart rate reserve \[HRR\]) coupled with 13-minutes of resistance exercise (1 set, with 75% of 10-repetition maximum, and 12 repetitions of 8 movements). Prior to and following exercise onset, participants completed a 5-minute warm-up and cool-down.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

aerobic exercise (AE)

Participants in the aerobic exercise (AE) group participated in 25 minutes of AE (40%-59% of heart rate reserve \[HRR\]). Prior to and following exercise onset, participants completed a 5-minute warm-up and cool-down.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• aged between 20 and 30 years
• able to exercise without undue risk (i.e., the first seven questions of the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone [PAR-Q+] were answered "No")
• right-handed dominance
• typical or corrected-to-typical eyesight
• limited physical activity in the previous month (i.e., < 150 minutes/week of moderate-intensity physical activity)

Exclusion Criteria

• psychiatric or neurological ailments
• cardiorespiratory or neuromuscular conditions
• obese status (body mass index [BMI] > 27 kg/m2)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Taiwan Normal University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Yu-Kai Chang, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University

Ruei-Hong Li, MS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University

Locations

Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, National Taiwan Normal University

Taipei, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

References

Li RH, Chen TR, Gilson ND, Brazaitis M, Cheng YT, Wu HF, Lee JH, Chang YK. Acute Concurrent Exercise Improves Inhibitory Control Without Mediating the Role of Lactate: An Event-Related Potential Study. Sports Med Open. 2025 Jan 27;11(1):12. doi: 10.1186/s40798-024-00809-2.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 39871026 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

PACNL_rueihongli_CE_IC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id