NCT00953654

Exercise Training for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Exercise Training for the Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Endurance and Strength Training Among Sedentary Women With Generalized Anxiety Disorder.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Georgia · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 39 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effects of 6 weeks of endurance or strength training and a wait list comparison condition on symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD).

Conditions

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Strength Training	6 weeks of strength training exercise sessions involving leg press, leg curl, and leg extension exercises twice weekly at an intensity progressing from 50% to 75% of predicted one-repetition maximum across the 6 weeks of the trial.
OTHER	Endurance Training	Six weeks of lower-body dynamic cycling exercise completed on an electronically-braked cycle ergometer twice weekly. The intervention will be matched to the strength training intervention on total work completed, total time actively engaged in exercise, a focus on leg muscles, and load (intensity) progression across the 6 week training protocol.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-08-01
• Primary completion: 2010-05-01
• Completion: 2010-05-01
• First posted: 2009-08-06
• Last updated: 2016-09-09
• Results posted: 2010-09-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States