Exercise for Brain Regeneration in Epilepsy

PHASE1RecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

10

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 20, 2022

Primary Completion Date

August 31, 2024

Study Completion Date

August 31, 2024

Conditions
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Interventions
OTHER

High-Impact Aerobic Exercise

Participants will be submitted to a 12-week high-impact aerobic exercise program using a recliner bike with three sessions per week. The exercise protocol takes 45 minutes per session and consists of five minutes of warm-up, 30 minutes of cycling with progressive increase in intensity until the target heart rate (80% of maximum) is reached, followed by 10 minutes of cool down.

OTHER

Low-Impact Aerobic Exercise

Participants will be submitted to a 12-week low-impact aerobic exercise program using a recliner bike with three sessions per week. The exercise protocol takes 45 minutes per session and consists of five minutes of warm-up, 30 minutes of cycling with progressive increase in intensity until the target heart rate (40% of maximum) is reached, followed by 10 minutes of cool down.

Trial Locations (1)

90033

RECRUITING

University of Southern California Department of Neurosurgery, Los Angeles

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Southern California

OTHER