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Effects of Exercise Intervention on Sleep Quality and Emotional Problems in College Students With Depressive Symptoms

NCT07738809 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 80

Last updated 2026-07-31

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Summary

This exploratory randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the immediate and long-term effects of exercise on sleep quality, emotional problems, executive function, and neurophysiological characteristics in college students with depressive symptoms. The study consists of two sequential phases: an acute exercise experiment followed by an 8-week exercise intervention. Participants will be randomly assigned to either an exercise intervention group or a control group. Psychological questionnaires, behavioral tasks, resting-state electroencephalography (EEG), brain functional connectivity, and event-related potentials (ERP) will be assessed to evaluate behavioral and neurophysiological changes before and after exercise. The study will further examine whether the immediate response to acute exercise predicts the effectiveness of the long-term intervention.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Archery Exercise

Participants perform a standardized archery exercise program consisting of an acute exercise session followed by an 8-week supervised training program. The acute session includes a 5-minute warm-up, 20 minutes of archery exercise, and a 5-minute cool-down. The long-term intervention is conducted three times per week for 8 weeks at moderate exercise intensity.

BEHAVIORAL

Non-exercise Control

Participants continue their usual daily activities without participating in the archery exercise intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Capital University of Physical Education and Sports, China

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Yongguo Zhu, Professor · Capital University of Physical Education and Sports

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
23 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-08-01
Primary Completion
2026-11-30
Completion
2026-12-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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