What this means
This trial plans to compare how people in three groups feel pain. It will also look at how strength and aerobic exercise change that pain. It has not reported results yet, so it does not show any answers.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 35–65
- Where
- 1 site, including Wisconsin
The science
- Registered title
- Pain in Aging Former Athletes, Master's Athletes, and Nonathletes
- Trial ID
- NCT07502742 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Pain, Pain Management, Athlete, Exercise Training, Sports Medicine, Strength Training Effects, Aerobic Exercise, Strength Training, Aging, Quality of Life, Sports
- What is tested
- Moderate-Intensity Strength Exercise Intervention, Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Exercise Intervention
- Sponsor
- Marquette University
- Ages
- 35 Years to 65 Years
- Dates
- First posted Mar 31, 2026 · updated Mar 31, 2026
Registry summary
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:
- How do former athletes, master's athletes, and nonathletes experience pain?
- 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:
- Baseline testing including assessments of strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, and pain;
- Strength exercise: pain assessments will occur before and after moderate-intensity strength training exercise;
- 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).
Sites (1)
- Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States