The Influence of Different Mood States and Emotions on the Physiologic, Metabolic, and Perceptual Responses to Feeding Before Exercise

Conditions

• Cramp, Abdominal
• Other Gastrointestinal Disorders

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - 55 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Funny/Amusing Video Clips — OTHER
  Participants watch 5-7 minutes of video clips that are funny/amusing in nature
• Horror/Scary Video Clips — OTHER
  Participants watch 5-7 minutes of video clips that are scary in nature
• Thrilling/Suspenseful Video Clips — OTHER
  Participants watch 5-7 minutes of video clips that are thrilling/suspenseful in nature

Study Details

Many athletes anecdotally report modifying their nutritional intake before competition in order to avoid gut problems, but no studies have evaluated whether emotional state impacts tolerance to pre-exercise feeding. Therefore, this study will use movie clips (stressful, horror, and funny/amusing) to induce different mood states and emotions, which will be followed by ingestion of food before endurance running on a treadmill. In addition, metabolic and physiologic responses to mood induction will be evaluated.

Key Dates

Start date

Apr 1, 2022

Status verified

Mar 2025

Primary completion

Dec 1, 2025

Completion

Dec 31, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment

90 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

• Experimental: Funny/Amusing Video Clips
  Participants will watch 5-7-min video clips that are meant to be funny/amusing
• Experimental: Horror/Scary Video Clips
  Participants will watch 5-7-min video clips that are meant to be scary
• Experimental: Thrilling/Suspenseful Video Clips
  Participants will watch 5-7-min video clips that are meant to be thrilling/suspenseful

Primary Outcome Measure

Total exercise gastrointestinal symptom burden [ Time Frame: Total GI symptom burden over a 30-minute jogging/running protocol. ]

Central Contacts

• Patrick Wilson, PhD
  7576834783
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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