Lion Tracks EEG Pilot: Understand Cognitive Responses to CrossFit in Mother-Child Dyads
ConditionCognition
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age3+
SponsorPenn State University
About this trial
The purpose of this study is to examine how participating in exercise together versus separately influences brain function, cognitive performance, mood, and parent-child connection in mother-child dyads. Mothers and their children will complete two fitness class visits at a participating community fitness facility/CrossFit affiliate. During one visit, mothers and children will exercise in separate age-appropriate classes, and during the other visit they will exercise together in a shared class. Before and after each exercise session, participants will complete brief assessments of cognition, mood, and brain activity using a portable electroencephalography (EEG) device. Findings from this pilot study will help determine the feasibility of conducting community-based neuroscience research and may inform future family-centered physical activity programs designed to support brain, emotional, and social health.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Adult participant is a mother or female primary caregiver aged 18 years or older.
Child participant is at least 3 years of age.
Mother and child are willing to participate together as a dyad.
Mother and child are able to understand and speak English.
Disqualifiers
Pregnancy at the time of participation.
Any cardiovascular, metabolic, respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal, or other medical condition that would make exercise unsafe.
Current injury or physical limitation preventing participation in exercise.
History of seizure disorder or other condition that may interfere with EEG assessment.
Trial design
Design model
Crossover
Treatments tested in this trial
Family-Based Functional Fitness Exercise
BehavioralA supervised mother-child functional fitness exercise session conducted in a community fitness setting. Mothers and children participate together in approximately 60 minutes of age-appropriate exercise activities.
Independent Functional Fitness Exercise
BehavioralParticipants will complete an approximately 60-minute functional fitness exercise session in a community fitness setting. Mothers will participate in an instructor-led adult fitness class while children simultaneously participate in an age-appropriate youth fitness class. Sessions may include warm-up activities, movement skill instruction, strength or conditioning exercises, games, and cool-down activities. Mothers and children will exercise separately throughout the session and will not participate in the same class activities. This condition is designed to examine the effects of exercise performed independently compared with exercise performed together as a mother-child dyad.
Treatment groups
20 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Shared Exercise SessionExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Separate Exercise SessionActive comparator 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Feasibility of Community-Based EEG Assessment
Feasibility will be evaluated through recruitment, retention, session completion, questionnaire completion, cognitive task completion, and acquisition of usable EEG recordings using the EMOTIV EPOC X portable electroencephalography system. Data quality will be assessed by the proportion of participants providing analyzable EEG and cognitive data.
Time frame
Throughout study completion (approximately 2 study visits over 1-2 weeks)Secondary outcomes
1
Cognitive Performance (Symbol Search Task)
Processing speed and visual attention will be assessed using the M2C2 Symbol Search task. Outcomes include response accuracy and reaction time.
Time frame
Pre- and post-exercise during each study visit (approximately 60 minutes)2
Positive and Negative Affect
Mood will be assessed using the 10-item International Positive and Negative Affect Schedule Short Form (I-PANAS-SF). Scores for positive affect and negative affect will be calculated according to published scoring procedures.
Time frame
Immediately before and after each exercise session (approximately 60 minutes)3
Parent-Child Connectedness
Parent-child connectedness will be assessed using the Inclusion of Other in the Self (IOS) Scale, a validated single-item pictorial measure of perceived interpersonal closeness. Mothers select one of seven increasingly overlapping pairs of circles representing the relationship between themselves and their child. Scores range from 1 (least connected) to 7 (most connected), with higher scores indicating greater perceived parent-child connectedness.
Time frame
Immediately following each exercise condition4
Exercise Enjoyment
Enjoyment of the exercise session will be assessed using the Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale (PACES), a validated measure of enjoyment experienced during physical activity. Scores range from 1 to 5, with the overall score calculated as the mean of all items. Higher scores indicate greater enjoyment of the exercise session.
Time frame
Immediately following each exercise conditionLocations
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