Effects of Progressive School-Based High-Intensity Interval Training versus Active Usual Physical Education on Physical, Cardiovascular, Cognitive and Glycemic Outcomes in Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial

A School-Based Two-Arm Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing a Six-Week Progressive High-Intensity Interval Training Programme with Active Usual Physical Education in Adolescents

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202608858927747

Enrollment

Registered

2026-08-20

Start date

2026-09-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Healthy adolescents

Interventions

Progressive school based high intensity interval training

Usual physical education

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Enrollment in the participating school's BIOF track Regular participation in physical education Medical eligibility for physical education and high-intensity exercise Availability throughout the six-week programme Required written student assent or consent and parental or legal-guardian consent when applicable

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Chronic condition incompatible with high-intensity exercise Physical or medical ineligibility Treatment likely to alter cardiovascular responses Injury preventing running Absence of required consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Maximal aerobic speed measured in kilometres per hour;Chronic Stroop performance measured by EncephalApp On time and Stroop interference cost;Acute Stroop performance measured by EncephalApp On time and Stroop interference cost;Conceptual knowledge in physical education measured by a 10 item multiple choice score from 0 to 10;Capillary blood glucose measured before and after exercise	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Working memory updating measured by PsyToolkit N back accuracy percentage;Episodic memory measured by a 10 word immediate recall score from 0 to 10;Mean sprint speed measured in kilometres per hour;Resting heart rate measured in beats per minute;Resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured in millimetres of mercury;Body mass index measured in kilograms per square metre;Association between changes in capillary blood glucose and acute Stroop performance	—

Measure

Time frame

Working memory updating measured by PsyToolkit N back accuracy percentage;Episodic memory measured by a 10 word immediate recall score from 0 to 10;Mean sprint speed measured in kilometres per hour;Resting heart rate measured in beats per minute;Resting systolic and diastolic blood pressure measured in millimetres of mercury;Body mass index measured in kilograms per square metre;Association between changes in capillary blood glucose and acute Stroop performance

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Countries

Morocco

Contacts

Public ContactAbdelhalem Mesfioui

Professor Laboratory of Biology and Health Faculty of Sciences Ibn Tofail University

abdelhalem.mesfioui@uit.ac.ma+212537329400

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026