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NCT Number: NCT06621550

Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training Exercise on Cognitive Function of Young Adults

To explore the sustainability of the acute effect of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on executive function in young adults.

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Key information

Conditions

Young Healthy Adults

Age range

18 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hung Hom, Hong Kong

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Freddy Man Hin LAM

CONTACT

[email protected]

+852 27666720

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Young adult aged 18-40 years old
  • No visionary defect or other sensory condition including uncorrected refractive defect and color blindness refraining the individual to be assessed by the tasks

Exclusion criteria

  • With known neurological, cardiovascular, or other physical and mental conditions that limit the ability to safely participate in high-intensity interval training
  • With known specific learning disabilities
  • Known drug or alcohol abuse problems

Treatment and study plan

High Intensity Interval Training

Other

Participants will receive a single session of HIIT, which last for 19 minutes in duration. During the HIIT session, participants will complete 2 minutes stretching warm-up exercise, followed by a video of exercises which will be projected on the screen to facilitate the participants to follow. The exercise in the video involves various combinations of aerobic and core resistance exercise such as squat jump, jump lunge, push up, burpee, mountain climber etc. The exercise involved bodyweight or minimal basic equipment only, the workout to rest ratio is 45 secs: 15 secs. Participants' heart rate will be kept surveillance and to maintain their respective heart rate attained 85% of aged predicted maximal heart rate during the workout period.

Primary outcomes

  1. Stroop task

    Time frame: From baseline to 72 hours post intervention

    Stroop Task is a neurocognitive test for the performance on inhibition control. Participants are shown a series of word colors that are either congruent or incongruent with the color of the word itself. The participant is required to respond to the color of the word and not the word itself.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Flanker Task

    Time frame: From baseline to 72 hours post intervention

    Flanker Task is a neurocognitive test for the performance on inhibition control. Participants are shown a series of arrows. The participant is to respond to which way the center arrow is pointing; whether it is to the right or to the left

  2. Trail making test (TMT)

    Time frame: From baseline to 72 hours post intervention

    TMT is a neurocognitive test for the performance on cognitive flexibility. There are part A and part B in the TMT. The time required to completed part A as well as part B would be recorded separately, the difference in time in completing part B and part A (B-A) and the ratio of time in completing part A and part B (B/A) would be used as the interference score.

  3. Wisconsin Card Sorting test (WCST)

    Time frame: From baseline to 72 hours post intervention

    WCST is a neurocognitive test for the performance on cognitive flexibility. Participants will be presented with four response cards, which are of different geometric properties (number of objects, color of object and shape of objects), and one stimulus card at a time. Participants will be required to sort the stimulus card. There are 30 trials in the test, number of correct sorting will be recorded, and accuracy will be obtained as number of correct sorting divided by 30.

  4. Change in accuracy as measured by the 2-back task

    Time frame: From baseline to 72 hours post intervention

    2-back task is a neurocognitive test for the performance on working memory. Participants are presented with a sequence of stimuli in character form. The task consists of indicating when the current stimulus matches the one from 2 steps earlier in the sequence. There are 48 trials in the task, the number of correct responses will be recorded. The accuracy will be obtained as number of correct responses divided by 39.

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Freddy Man Hin LAM, PhD

CONTACT

[email protected]

+852 27666720

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training Exercise on Cognitive Function of Young Adults: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Oct 1, 2024
Registry last updated
Oct 1, 2024

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