Effect of Exercise on Cognitive Function and Mental Health in Heroin Addicts

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Heroin Addicts; Unspecified Symptoms and Signs Involving Cognitive Functions Following Unspecified Cerebrovascular Disease; Negative Thinking/Affect; Executive Function
• Interventions: Behavioral: Aerobic exercise; Resistance exercise

• Registration Number: NCT05650983
• Lead Sponsor: Guangzhou Sport University

Brief Summary

The goal of this \[type of study: exercise intervention study\] is to test in describe participant health conditions. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* \[Whether physical exercise improves executive function of male heroin addicts\]

* \[Whether physical exercise improves negative thinking/affect psychological experience of male heroin addicts\] Participants will be randomly selected for medium-intensity strength training (resistance exercise,n=30), 30 will be selected for 1-hour long balloon volleyball sessions (aerobic exercise) at 60-70% volume of oxygen uptake during peak exercise, weekly 5 times for 12 weeks; and 30 will be assigned to the no-exercise control group, Participants will perform Executive function tests and the Symptom Checklist-90 Revised questionnaire at pre and post intervention.

Researchers will compare resistance exercise group,aerobic exercise group and no-exercise control group to see if effects of exercise on executive function and negative thinking/affect psychological experience of male heroin addicts.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2021-07-01
• Study Completion: 2021-07-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-08
• Status Verified: 2022-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-12-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-12-06
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-14
• Last Update Posted: 2022-12-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• were men who met the Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-IV criteria for current heroin dependence

Exclusion Criteria

• any major mental illness other than heroin addiction
• any exercise taboo

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1.Aerobic exercise	Aerobic exercise; Resistance exercise	play balloon volleyball for Aerobic exercise and aimed at maximizing the strain on the cardiovascular system (60-70% of heart rate recovery). Aerobic exercise intervention five times a week, one hour each time，for three months.
2.Resistance exercise	Aerobic exercise; Resistance exercise	Resistance strength training for Resistance exercise and aimed at promoting the greatest hypertrophy response(65% of 1 repetition maximum and repeated up to 15 times). Resistance exercise intervention five times a week, one hour each time,for three months.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
using the executive functioning tests to investigate the improvement of physical exercise on executive function in heroin addicts,	Month 3	Participants will perform executive function test
using the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) questionnaire to investigate the improvement of physical exercise on psychological symptoms in heroin addicts,	Month 3	Participants will be assessed the Symptom Checklist-90-R (SCL-90-R) questionnaire at pre and post exercise intervention.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Desk and Computer and Playground; 🇨🇳 Guangzhou, Guangdongsheng, China