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Exercise Treatment of Dental Anxiety

NCT01933191 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2015-02-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A single bout of physical activity (treadmill)immediately prior to the dental examination reduces anxiety in patients with dental phobia.

Conditions

  • Dental Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic treadmill exercise

Experimental training: Aerobic treadmill exercise (30 minutes, 70% VO2max) prior to an elective minor dental procedures (e.g., extractions, endodontics, apicoectomies, dental restorations, periodontal treatment, dental implants).

BEHAVIORAL

placebo exercise

placebo exercise: Aerobic treadmill exercise (30 minutes, 20% VO2max) prior to an elective minor dental procedures (e.g., extractions, endodontics, apicoectomies, dental restorations, periodontal treatment, dental implants).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andreas Ströhle, Prof. Dr. · Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapie, CCM, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-10-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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