Resistance Exercise Breaks Improve Ratings of Discomfort and Fatigue in College Students (REX)

NCT04926350 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 12183 / 2018-018-A1-R1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this investigation is to determine the impact of simple resistance exercise breaks on physical activity and prolonged sedentary behavior as well as on ratings of discomfort, fatigue, and sleepiness. Participants will be enrolled in a cross-over designed study, where they will be assessed for normal activity patterns and ratings of discomfort, fatigue, and sleepiness during a typical week and compared to a week where they engage in hourly resistance exercise breaks. Subjects will also complete a feasibility questionnaire at the end to determine if such programming could be implemented into daily living. The hypothesis is that engaging in these simple, hourly resistance breaks will result in decreased ratings of discomfort, fatigue, and sleepiness as well as ratings of high feasibility for implementation of similar resistance exercise programming into their normal, everyday life. Total time spent enrolled in the study will be 4 weeks, however, the participants will only need to report to the lab on 5 different occasions totaling 120 minutes split over those 5 days. Visit one will be roughly 60 minutes long, with the following 4 visits taking roughly 15 minutes each with a visit at the beginning of the week and end of the week for both the control and experimental week.

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Fatigue; Sleepiness; Pain

Keywords

physical activity; resistance exercise

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Physical activity

  number of daily steps taken

  a week

• Sedentary behavior

  amount of daily sedentary behavior accumulated

  a week

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Physical discomfort

  assessed morning, mid-day, and evening over a week period

• Physical Fatigue

  assessed morning, mid-day, and evening over a week period

• Mental Fatigue

  assessed morning, mid-day, and evening over a week period

• Sleepiness

  assessed morning, mid-day, and evening over a week period

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Tracking of outcomes during a normal week

Resistance Exercise

EXPERIMENTAL

Tracking of outcomes during a normal week with the addition of daily resistance exercise breaks (8 breaks per day)

Behavioral: Resistance Exercise

Interventions

Resistance Exercise BEHAVIORAL

8 total resistance exercises that target all major muscle groups

Resistance Exercise

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• To be eligible, participants need to be actively taking college classes, between the ages of 18 and 35 years old, and have no contraindications to participating in physical activity.

You may not qualify if:

• Any contraindication for physical activity participation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Texas A&M University Kingsville: lead

Study Sites (1)

Texas A&M University-Kingsville Human Performance Laboratory

Kingsville, Texas, 78363, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Fatigue; Sleepiness; Pain; Motor Activity

Interventions

Resistance Training

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Neurologic Manifestations

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Exercise Therapy; Rehabilitation; Aftercare; Continuity of Patient Care; Patient Care; Therapeutics; Physical Therapy Modalities; Physical Conditioning, Human; Exercise; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Robert J Kowalsky, Ph.D.

  Texas A&M University Kingsville

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 2, 2021
• First Posted: June 15, 2021
• Study Start: April 9, 2018
• Primary Completion: April 29, 2019
• Study Completion: April 29, 2019
• Last Updated: June 15, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)