Affective Responses in Mountain Hiking

Universitaet Innsbruck47 enrolled

Overview

Using a within-subject design, 42 healthy participants were randomly exposed to three different conditions: outdoor mountain hiking, indoor treadmill walking, and sedentary control situation (3.5 hours each). Measures included the Feeling Scale, Felt Arousal Scale and a Mood Survey Scale. Univariate ANOVAs were used to analyse differences between the conditions.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Affect

Interventions

walkingBEHAVIORAL

TreadmillDEVICE

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * voluntary participation Exclusion Criteria: * pregnancy * breast-feeding * chronic or acute diseases (already existing or diagnosed during the study) * age below 18 and above 70 years * unable to be physically active assessed by the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (Shephard, Thomas, \& Weller, 1991)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change From Baseline Subscales of Mood Survey Scale at 3 Hours

Mood Survey Scale, min: 5, max: 25 higher score: better outcome All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

Time frame: baseline and 3 hours

Change From Baseline Feeling Scale at 3 Hours

Feeling Scale, min: -5, max: +5 higher score: better outcome All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

Time frame: baseline and 3 hours after baseline

Change From Baseline Felt Arousal Scale at 3 Hours

Felt Arousal Scale, min: 0, max: 6 higher score: better outcome All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

Time frame: baseline and 3 hours after baseline

Secondary Outcomes

Change From Baseline Blood Pressure at 3 Hours

All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

Time frame: baseline and 3 hours

Change From Baseline Heart Rate Variability at 3 Hours

All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

Time frame: baseline and 3 hours

Change From Baseline Cortisol at 3 Hours (Saliva Sampling)

All Outcome Measures are reported "per intervention", i.e., the data in Arms/Groups reflect the participants of the particular intervention.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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