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Effect of Combined Aerobic and Resistance Exercise on Semen Quality Among Chinese College Students

NCT06867627 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2025-08-06

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Summary

The goal of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to investigate the effects of moderate-intensity combined aerobic and resistance exercise on semen quality in Chinese college students. The main question is aim to explore whether moderate-intensity combined aerobic and resistance exercise can improve semen quality.

Participants in the intervention group will receive moderate-intensity combined aerobic and resistance exercise three times a week for a period of 12 weeks (The time range is from March 17, 2025 to June 8, 2025. Excluding weekends, Labor Day, and the traditional Chinese Qingming Festival and the Dragon Boat Festival during that period, a total of 32 training sessions are planned). The control group are requested to maintain their normal daily activities. Both groups receive semen routine and serum sex hormones testing before and after the intervention.

Researchers will compare the change in semen routine parameters from baseline to post-intervention at 12 weeks between the intervention and control groups.

Conditions

  • Semen Quality

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Moderate-intensity combined aerobic and resistance exercise training

Training sessions begin with a 10-minute warm-up period that includes jogging and dynamic muscle stretching. This is followed by 20 minutes of running/jumping rope on the playground. Each intervention participant will wear a heart rate armband (Polar OH1, Finland) for real-time heart rate detection to maintain achievement of a predetermined target heart rate and training intensity. Then, after 10 minutes of rest adjustment and preparation, a 20-minute resistance training session will be performed, including all major muscle groups. Resistance training will start at 50% of 1RM and increases intensity by 10% after every three sessions, with two sets of repetitions and 60-90 seconds of rest between sets. By the third week, it will reach 70% of 1RM, and repeat 3 sets at 70% of 1RM starting at week 4. After the end of week 6, re-evaluate the RM every 3 weeks and repeat 3 sets at 70% of the new 1RM (i.e., starting from Week 7 and Week 10), maintaining a 60-90 second rest between each sets.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Anhui Medical University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Puyu Su, Professor · Anhui Medical University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
22 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-03-10
Primary Completion
2025-06-08
Completion
2025-08-01

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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