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. 2016 Oct 31:12:108-119.
doi: 10.2174/1745017901612010108. eCollection 2016.

Acute Affective Responses and Frontal Electroencephalographic Asymmetry to Prescribed and Self-selected Exercise

Eduardo Lattari  1 , Eduardo Portugal  2 , Renato Sobral Monteiro Junior  3 , Bruno Ribeiro Ramalho Oliveira  4 , Tony Meireles Santos  5 , Gioia Mura  6 , Federica Sancassiani  6 , Eric Murillo-Rodriguez  7 , Oscar Arias-Carrión  8 , Henning Budde  9 , Nuno Barbosa Rocha  10 , Sérgio Machado  11
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Acute Affective Responses and Frontal Electroencephalographic Asymmetry to Prescribed and Self-selected Exercise

Eduardo Lattari et al. Clin Pract Epidemiol Ment Health. .

Abstract

Objective: Our goal was to compare affective responses and frontal electroencephalographic alpha asymmetry induced by prescribed exercise (PE) and self-selected exercise (SS).

Method: Twenty active participants underwent a submaximal exercise test to estimate maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max). Participants enrolled a cross-over randomized study where each participant completed three conditions: PE (50%PVO2max), SS and Control. The electroencephalography was performed before and after exercise. The feeling scale, felt arousal scale and heart rate were recorded before, during and after each condition. The ratings of perceived exertion were recorded during and after each condition.

Results: The heart rate and ratings of perceived exertion showed higher values in the PE and SS conditions compared to controls, with no differences between the PE and SS conditions. For the feeling scale, the SS presented higher values compared to the PE and Control conditions. The felt arousal scale presented higher values in the PE and SS conditions compared to control. There was no interaction between condition and moment, or main effect for condition and moment for frontal alpha asymmetry (InF4-InF3).

Conclusion: The SS provided better affective responses compared to PE, thus can consider self-selected intensity as an appropriate option. In general, no frontal alpha asymmetry was seen due to an exercise intervention.

Keywords: Affective response; Frontal EEG asymmetry; Prescribed exercise; Self-selected exercise.

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Fig. (1)
Heart rate pre, during, and after the conditions. Legend- Between condition differences: * - different from self-selected and prescribed. Within condition differences (only for self-selected and prescribed): † - different from all; ‡ - different from Pre, D6, P10 and P20.
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Ratings of perceived exertion during and post conditions. Legend- Between condition differences: * - different from self-selected and prescribed. Within condition differences (only for self-selected and prescribed): † - different from D12, D18, P10 and P20; ‡ - different from D6, P10 and P20; § - different from P10 and P20; || - different from D6, D12, D18 and P0.
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Feeling Scale pre, during, and after the conditions. Legend- Between condition differences: * - different from control and prescribed.
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Felt Arousal Scale pre, during, and after the conditions. Legend- Between condition differences: * - different from self-selected and prescribed. Within condition differences (only for self-selected and prescribed): † - different from D6, D12, D18 and P10; ‡ - different from D18, P10 and P20; § - different from Pre, P10 and P20; || - different from Pre, D6, P10 and P20.
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Circumplex model for each condition (Control, Prescribed and Self-selected) in before, during (D6, D12, and D18) and post exercise (P0, P10, and P20).
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