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Trial Investigating the Effect of Different Exercise Forms on Depression

NCT00103415 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2006-07-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

During one year, 5-8% of the population will suffer from major depression. Some of the key symptoms are loss of interest in daily activities, loss of energy and sleeping disturbances. The financial consequences of this disease is estimated to be more than 30 million pounds per year in Great Britain and USA alone. There is an increasing interest in the effect exercise has on depression. Smaller studies indicate that exercise is a good treatment for depression. This study will be a large scale randomized trial and will hopefully bring important knowledge on the effects exercise has on depression.

We will compare the effect endurance training, weight-lifting exercise and a control group has on depressive symptoms after 4 months training, twice a week.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Endurance training

BEHAVIORAL

Weight-lifting training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Demostudiet

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Merete Nordentoft, M.D, Ph.D. · Bispebjerg Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-02-28
Completion
2007-02-28

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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