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The Role of Exercise in the Treatment of PTSD Symptoms

NCT02649127 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2017-09-11

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Summary

This is an 8-week experimental, repeated-measures clinical trial randomizing 120 Service Members with symptoms of PTSD into one of four groups: 1) imaginal exercises of exposure therapy only, 2) aerobic exercise only, 3) imaginal exercises augmented with aerobic exercise, or 4) self-care.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

imaginal therapy

imaginal exercise of Prolonged Exposure therapy

BEHAVIORAL

exercise

aerobic training at a frequency of a minimum of 3 sessions per week, at vigorous intensity \[i. e., \>60% of oxygen uptake reserve (VO2R)\], and a time of 20-25 minutes each bout of training

BEHAVIORAL

self-care

meeting with a nurse to review and discuss publically available written materials that outline approaches for dealing with posttraumatic stress symptoms

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • C.R.Darnall Army Medical Center

    collaborator FED

  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stacey Young-McCaughan, RN, PhD · University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-02-28
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2017-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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