The Influence of a High Intensity Physical Activity Intervention on a Selection of Health Related Outcomes: An Ecological Approach

University of the West of Scotland

Overview

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a High Intensity exercise intervention can elicit cardiovascular disease protection in adolescents.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Purpose

PREVENTION

Conditions

To Assess the Impact of the HIT Intervention on Physiological Responses To Assess the Role of a Secondary High School as a Setting for Promoting Healthy Eating and PA Behaviours To Determine the Associations Between CVD Risk Factors at Baseline in 15 - 18 Year Old Youth

Interventions

High Intensity ExerciseBEHAVIORAL

In this study, participants will be instructed to sprint maximally for a period of 30 seconds. Following 30s rest, the participants will be instructed to repeat this procedure a further 3 times. This equates to 2 minutes of maximal effort sprinting interspersed with 2 minutes recovery. Participants will be requested to perform this protocol 3 times weekly. Training progression will be implemented by increasing the number of repeats from four repetitions during weeks 1 and 2, to five repetitions during weeks 3 and 4, to six repetitions during weeks 5 and 6. Finally, during week 7 participants will still perform six repetitions but interspersed by only 20 s recovery.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 15 YearsMax age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Healthy * 15 - 18 yer old that are capable of performing vigorous exercise Exclusion Criteria: * Any health condition that would prevent them from undertaking vigorous exercise

Locations (1)

Holy Cross High School

Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

To improve blood lipid profiles and lower levels of plasma inflammatory markers.

Secondary Outcomes

To determine the associations between CVD risk factors at baseline in 15 - 18 year old youth.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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