Exercise for Pain
(PAIN Trial)
What You Need to Know Before You Apply
What is the purpose of this trial?
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine how male and female former athletes experience pain and respond to moderate-intensity exercise (strength versus aerobic) compared with both current master's athletes and nonathletes.
The main questions this study aims to address are:
1. How do former athletes, master's athletes, and nonathletes experience pain?
2. How do different types of moderate-intensity exercise (strength versus aerobic exercise) influence pain in former athletes, master's athletes, and nonathletes?
Participants will complete 3 different testing sessions:
1. Baseline testing including assessments of strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and pain;
2. Strength exercise: pain assessments will occur before and after moderate-intensity strength training exercise;
3. Aerobic exercise: pain assessments will occur before and after moderate-intensity aerobic exercise.
There will be a washout period of approximately one week or greater between each of the three different testing sessions. The order of conditions (strength versus aerobic exercise) will be randomized (crossover randomized trial design).
Who Is on the Research Team?
Jacob J Capin, DPT, PhD
Principal Investigator
Marquette University
Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?
Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
Timeline for a Trial Participant
Screening
Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial
Baseline Testing
Baseline testing including assessments of strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and pain
Strength Exercise Intervention
Participants undergo moderate-intensity strength training exercise with pain assessments before and after
Aerobic Exercise Intervention
Participants undergo moderate-intensity aerobic exercise with pain assessments before and after
Follow-up
Participants are monitored for changes in pain response and lifestyle behaviors
What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?
Interventions
- Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Exercise Intervention
- Moderate-Intensity Strength Exercise Intervention
How Is the Trial Designed?
3
Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Former competitive athletes will complete baseline testing as well as two separate experimental conditions in randomized condition order: 1) moderate-intensity strength exercise intervention; and 2) moderate-intensity aerobic exercise intervention.
Master's Athletes will complete baseline testing as well as two separate experimental conditions in randomized condition order: 1) moderate-intensity strength exercise intervention; and 2) moderate-intensity aerobic exercise intervention.
Nonathlete Controls will complete baseline testing as well as two separate experimental conditions in randomized condition order: 1) moderate-intensity strength exercise intervention; and 2) moderate-intensity aerobic exercise intervention.
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
Marquette University
Lead Sponsor
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