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
Conditions
Keywords
Public Health, Biochemistry, Ecological
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether a High Intensity exercise intervention can elicit cardiovascular disease protection in adolescents.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALHigh Intensity Exercise
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.
Sponsors
Swansea University
University of the West of Scotland
Study design
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
15 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To improve blood lipid profiles and lower levels of plasma inflammatory markers. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To determine the associations between CVD risk factors at baseline in 15 - 18 year old youth. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed