Can your stress hormones predict how you feel during a workout?
NCT ID NCT07276308
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how stress hormones (like cortisol) and personality traits (like resilience) influence how people with overweight or obesity feel during short, intense cycling workouts. Thirty-two adults completed a 10-week program of one-minute high-intensity intervals. The goal was to understand what makes exercise feel more or less enjoyable, which could help create personalized workout plans that people stick with.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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32 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2023
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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20 to 35 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Male and female between the ages of 20-35 years old * BMI of 23 kg.m² to 30 kg.m2 * Medically fit to exercise. * Physically inactive individuals (do not achieve 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise/PA for a week). Exclusion Criteria: * smokers. * free from any metabolic diseases such as hypertension, dyslipidaemia, and hyperglycaemia. * not using any medication or substance known to influence cardiorespiratory or metabolic responses to exercise * previously participated in a specific training program within the past 6 months before the exercise interventions. * contraindications to exercise based on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) such as musculoskeletal injuries.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Complex sports center
Kota Bharu, Kelantan, 16150, Malaysia
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