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

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
Swansea University
Information provided by:
University of the West of Scotland
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01027156
First received: December 4, 2009
Last updated: NA
Last verified: December 2009
History: No changes posted
  Purpose

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


Condition Intervention
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
 Behavioral: High Intensity Exercise

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Primary Purpose: Prevention

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Further study details as provided by University of the West of Scotland:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • To improve blood lipid profiles and lower levels of plasma inflammatory markers.

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • To determine the associations between CVD risk factors at baseline in 15 - 18 year old youth.

Study Start Date: October 2009
Study Completion Date: December 2009
Primary Completion Date: December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: High Intensity Exercise Behavioral: High 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.

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   15 Years to 18 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Criteria

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
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01027156

Locations
United Kingdom
Holy Cross High School
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom, ML3 0BN
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of the West of Scotland
Swansea University
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Duncan Buchan, Lecturer, University of the West of Scotland
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01027156     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: HI Intervention
Study First Received: December 4, 2009
Last Updated: December 4, 2009
Health Authority: United Kingdom: National Health Service

Keywords provided by University of the West of Scotland:
Public Health
Biochemistry
Ecological

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