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Exercise Intensity on Brain & Mental Health in Stress

NCT06245538 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 24

Last updated 2025-12-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study aims to examine the role of exercise intensity in the acute effects of a single bout of aerobic exercise on neurotrophic factors, biomarkers of stress and inflammation, working memory task-related changes in prefrontal cortex oxygenation in adults with sub-clinical levels of stress-related symptoms.

Conditions

  • Healthy Adults
  • Adults With Stress-related Symptoms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise at vigorous intensity

Participants will perform a 20-min leg cycling exercise on a cycle ergometer at vigorous intensity (80% of VO2max)

BEHAVIORAL

Seated rest

Participants will be resting while seated on a comfortable chair for 20 minutes

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise at moderate intensity

Participants will perform a 20-min leg cycling exercise on a cycle ergometer at moderate intensity (60% of VO2max)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Knowledge Foundation

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Avonova

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • SATS

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Itrim

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maria Ekblom, PhD · The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-02-15
Primary Completion
2025-10-06
Completion
2025-10-21

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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