Why the study?
Does a 30-minute aerobic endurance exercise program improve executive functions in patients with major depressive disorder?
Population
24 patients with DSM-IV major depressive disorder and 10 healthy control subjects
Comparison
30 minutes of aerobic endurance exercise at 2… vs Within-subject comparison and healthy control…
Design
RCT, randomized within-subject study design
Follow-up
single 30-minute session
Authors
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A single aerobic session may speed executive task performance in MDD; extends healthy-subject benefits to clinical populations.
Does a 30-minute aerobic endurance exercise program improve executive functions in patients with major depressive disorder?
A single 30-minute session of aerobic endurance exercise improves specific executive control processes, such as reaction time in Stroop and GoNogo tasks, in patients with major depressive disorder.
Kubesch et al. (2003) studied this question.
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