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Influence of Physical Exercise on Cognitive Functioning of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

NCT01395472 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36

Last updated 2011-07-28

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Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effects of an acute session of physical exercise on cognitive functioning and humor of traumatic brain injury patients and to investigate whether different cognitive responses can be achieved with different intensities of exercise (moderate and vigorous).

The investigators hypothesize that while moderate intensity physical exercise may be beneficial to cognitive functioning, vigorous intensity may be detrimental to TBI patients, as physical fatigue may impair alertness and other higher cognitive functions.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Acute Physical Exercise

Patients and healthy volunteers will be submitted to a protocol of progressive maximal exercise until voluntary exhaustion and one weak later to 30 minutes of physical exercise in ventilatory threshold I, both in the same cycloergometer.

BEHAVIORAL

Stretching protocol

TBI patients will be submitted to 30 minutes of stretching exercises composed of 15 exercises that prioritize back, legs and hip.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of São Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marco T De Mello, PhD · Centro de Estudos em Psicobiologia e Exercício/AFIP

  • Patricia Rzezak, PhD · Centro de Estudos em Psicobiologia e Exercício/AFIP

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2012-02-29

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Diseases

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