NCT06753253

Effects of Exercise Intensity on ADHD Symptoms

Effects of Low, Moderate, and High Intensity Exercise on Executive Function, Functional Impairment, and Symptom Severity in ADHD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 28 (actual)
• Sponsor: Kent State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 26 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This project investigates the effects of a bicycling exercise at three levels of exercise intensity (low, moderate, and high) on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in college students. Specifically, the outcomes of interest in this study are self-reported executive functioning, self-reported functional impairment, and ADHD symptom severity. The hypothesis is that exercise will improve executive functioning, while reducing functional impairment and ADHD symptom severity, and that this response will be most pronounced in the high-intensity exercise group.

Conditions

• Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• ADHD

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Cycling Exercise	Each arm will perform a 20-minute cycling intervention on an airdyne bike at different exercise intensity levels. Participants will perform the intervention three times over the course of one week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-06
• Primary completion: 2024-11-25
• Completion: 2024-11-25
• First posted: 2024-12-31
• Last updated: 2024-12-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States