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NCT Number: NCT01027156

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

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

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Key information

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

Age range

15 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Holy Cross High School

Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, ML3 0BN, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

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

Treatment and study plan

High intensity exercise

Behavioral

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.

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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of the West of Scotland

Other

Collaborators

Swansea University

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2009
Primary completion: 2009
Study completion: 2009
First posted: Dec 7, 2009
Registry last updated: Dec 7, 2009

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