Impact of Regular Karate Practice on the Quality of Life and Health Outcomes of Students

NCT ID: NCT07116291

Last Updated: 2025-09-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 90 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-09-04
• Study Completion Date: 2026-07-10

Brief Summary

A recent study reported that 52% of medical students had an anxiety disorder and 18% had a depressive syndrome. Following this publication, the Inspectorate General of Social Affairs commissioned a report on the quality of life of health students, making it a health priority.

One of the causes of the malaise felt by students could be the stress associated with exams and recent reforms. This malaise could also be due to a drop in self-esteem linked to the environment and atmosphere on certain placement sites. In fact, one of our recent studies suggested that the quality of life of doctors in the clerkship could influence the quality of life of students.

Since self-esteem is an important parameter in a student's understanding of his or her academic career, improving self-esteem could improve academic results and the quality of life of students.

Among the martial arts evaluated, karate has shown promising results in improving concentration and regulating the feelings of child victims of war in particular, as well as the elderly. Karate could therefore be a simple and effective solution for improving the mental health of healthy students, as well as their academic results. As it is a sport considered to be of moderate intensity, particularly through the practice of kat, it can be practised by anyone without contraindication apart from coronary artery disease.

Conditions

Medical Student

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Karate

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Karate

Intervention Type: OTHER

karate practice

usual sporting practice except karate

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Karate

karate practice

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 3rd or 4th year health students at the university of Angers

Exclusion Criteria

• contraindication to the practice of karate
• students repeating a year or entering the third year after a transfer, insofar as the evolution of their grades in relation to the 2nd year class cannot be ascertained.
• Students who already practise karate regularly cannot be included.
• Students planning to transfer to another faculty during the year of study

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

Sponsors

University Hospital, Angers

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Aurélien VENARA, MD-PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Angers

Locations

University of ANGERS

Angers, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Aurélien VENARA

Role: CONTACT

aurelien.venara@chu-angers.fr

241353637 ext. +33

Facility Contacts

Aurélien VENARA

Role: primary

aurelien.venara@chu-angers.fr

0241353637 ext. +33

Other Identifiers

49RC25_0307

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id