Exercise training and physiological responses to acute stress: study protocol and methodological considerations of a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper describes the protocol and methodological prerequisites for a randomised controlled exercise intervention. Selected baseline data from the study are also presented, demonstrating some methodological challenges related to exercise intervention trials. The aim of the trial was to study the effects of exercise training on physiological responses to acute psychosocial stress in untrained individuals.

Methods

Individuals with a low level of physical activity were invited to participate in an exercise intervention lasting for 6 months. A total of 119 participants were included and went through a peak oxygen uptake test and a psychosocial stress test at baseline. Adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and cortisol were measured in connection to the stress test to

SUBMITTER: Arvidson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6109819 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature