Individual Response to Physical Activity - A Transdisciplinary Approach

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Physical Inactivity

• Registration Number: DRKS00017446
• Lead Sponsor: Institut für Sportwissenschaft der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-06-12
• Study Completion: 2020-03-13
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 49

Inclusion Criteria

1) Male/female between 20 to 40 years
2) Non-smokers
3) BMI: 18,5 - 30,0 kg/m2
4) Currently not meeting WHO-recommendations for moderate physical activity (less than 150 min/week)
5) Less than 60 min/week of exercise during leisure time (including sports participation, endurance oriented activities, muscle strenghtening) and no regular exercise for several weeks during the last six months
6) Maximum oxygen uptake (VO2max): 25 - 50 ml/min/kg
7) No current or former eating disorder or obesity
8) No severe internistic or neurological previous illness
9) No pregnancy or breastfeeding period
10) German as a native language

Exclusion Criteria

1) Chronic diseases or findings that results in a decreased ability to participate in a physical activity intervention
2) Medication or supplement intake within the last 4 weeks, which according to the physicans might interfer with the study results (exception: contraceptives)
3) Counter indication(s) for local anaesthetics
4) Clinically relevant devaitions in the lab results
5) Pathological indications in the resting-ECG
6) Vein conditions that do not allow for multiple blood sampling
7) Participation in a medication study within the last three months
8) Drug use, alcohol abuse
9) Current psychotherapy

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary goal of this study is to examine how inactive individuals react affectively, physiologically, and epigeneticallyto different forms of pysical activity while also considering individual health- and activity-related biographical experiences, the body image, and physical activity motivations.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Furthermore, the study examines how the various dimensions relate to each other.