Determinants of adolescent exercise behaviour: the psychological response to exercise.
Completed
- Conditions
- gezondheidsgedragregular exercise behavior
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON36422
- Lead Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 500
Inclusion Criteria
healthy adolescent twins and siblings aged 16-20 will be included provided that at least two members of the same family are willing to participate. The target composition of the sample is 150 monozygote pairs plus 100 of their siblings and 50 dizygote pairs.
Exclusion Criteria
adolescents aged 16-20 that have a physical handicaps, acute disease with fever, or a history of disease that would prevent them from taking a maximal exercise test (American Heart Association guidelines, 2002).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Multiple measures of the acute mood/fatigue responses to exercise at various<br /><br>intensity levels. </p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>1) three objective measures of exercise ability: aerobic fitness, explosive<br /><br>strength and the ventilatory threshold, 2) Quetelet index and general health,<br /><br>3) Attitudes on exercise</p><br>