AI-Personalized Digital Exercise for University Students
AIPDEUS
Effects of an AI-Personalized Digital Exercise Programme on Adherence, Physical Activity, and Wellbeing Among University Students: An 8-Week Randomized Controlled Trial
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interventional
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Brief Summary
This study evaluated whether an AI-personalized digital exercise programme could improve exercise adherence, physical activity, wellbeing, and physical performance among university students compared with a standardized digital exercise programme. University students were randomly assigned to one of two digital exercise programmes for 8 weeks. The AI-personalized programme adjusted exercise recommendations using participant characteristics, previous exercise adherence, readiness, pain, safety information, and physical performance measures. The comparator provided a standardized digital exercise programme without adaptive weekly personalization. The primary outcome was mean weekly exercise adherence. Secondary outcomes included physical activity, wellbeing, countermovement jump performance, lower-limb reaction time, engagement, usability, and safety.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Jan 2026
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 24, 2026
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
March 21, 2026
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 21, 2026
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 12, 2026
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 17, 2026
CompletedSeptember 22, 2026
September 1, 2026
2 months
September 12, 2026
September 17, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Mean Weekly Exercise Adherence
Weekly adherence was calculated as completed exercise sessions relative to prescribed exercise sessions within each intervention week. The participant-level mean across the 8-week intervention was used as the primary outcome.
From intervention initiation through the end of Week 8
Secondary Outcomes (6)
Total Physical Activity Assessed With the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form
Baseline and at the end of Week 8
5-item World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) Score
Baseline and at the end of Week 8
Countermovement Jump Best Height
Baseline and at the end of Week 8
Countermovement Jump Mean Height
Baseline and at the end of Week 8
Simple Reaction Time
Baseline and at the end of Week 8
- +1 more secondary outcomes
Study Arms (2)
AI-Personalized Digital Exercise Programme
EXPERIMENTALParticipants received an 8-week digital exercise programme delivered through MoveAI-Student version 2.1.0. Exercise prescriptions were personalized using the v1.3-adaptive system and updated weekly based on participant characteristics, previous-week adherence, readiness, pain, safety information, and physical performance measures. Recommendations could modify exercise frequency, duration, intensity, and task emphasis.
Standardized Digital Exercise Programme
ACTIVE COMPARATORParticipants received an 8-week standardized digital exercise programme through the same study application. The programme prescribed three exercise sessions per week, with each session lasting 35 minutes. Participants did not receive the adaptive weekly personalization procedure used in the experimental group.
Interventions
An 8-week digital exercise intervention using MoveAI-Student version 2.1.0 and the v1.3-adaptive system. Initial exercise prescriptions ranged from three to five sessions per week, 30 to 45 minutes per session, at moderate-to-vigorous intensity. Recommendations were updated weekly using adherence and safety information. Prescriptions could modify session frequency, duration, intensity, and emphasis on lower-limb power or reactive drills. Predefined safety rules limited weekly progression and allowed reduced exercise load when pain or an adverse-event flag was present.
An 8-week standardized digital exercise intervention delivered through the same study application. Participants were prescribed three exercise sessions per week, with each session lasting 35 minutes. The programme did not use the adaptive weekly prescription procedure applied in the AI-personalized group.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Undergraduate student currently enrolled at Transilvania University of Brașov. Age 18 to 65 years at baseline.
- Written informed consent provided before any study-specific procedure.
- Able to safely complete the standardized countermovement jump protocol using OptoJump.
- Able to safely complete the lower-limb simple and choice reaction-time protocols using BlazePod.
- Access to a smartphone compatible with the study application.
- Willing to use the study application throughout the 8-week intervention.
- Able to attend both baseline and post-intervention assessments.
You may not qualify if:
- Acute musculoskeletal injury or pain that made jumping or rapid lower-limb responses unsafe.
- Medical condition contraindicating exercise participation or study testing.
- Use of medication known to affect neuromuscular performance or reaction time, as defined in the approved protocol.
- Concurrent participation in another interventional exercise or digital-health trial.
- Inability or unwillingness to complete the required assessments or the 8-week digital intervention.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Transilvania University of Brașov
Brasov, Brașov County, 500036, Romania
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- OTHER
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 12, 2026
First Posted
September 17, 2026
Study Start
January 24, 2026
Primary Completion
March 21, 2026
Study Completion
March 21, 2026
Last Updated
September 22, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-09
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will share
- Shared Documents
- STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP
- Time Frame
- Beginning 3 months after publication of the study results and available for 5 years.
Deidentified individual participant data underlying the results reported in the published article will be available upon reasonable request. Shared data may include baseline characteristics, exercise adherence, physical activity, WHO-5 wellbeing, countermovement jump outcomes, simple and choice reaction time, engagement and usability measures, and adverse-event data, as applicable.