Effect of a 4-week Fun Fast Interval Training (FFIT) Activity Programme on Physical Fitness and Quality of Life in Adolescent School Pupils

Teesside University

Status: Completed

Conditions: High-intensity Interval Training

Treatments: Other: High-intensity interval exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02759432

TEES-046/16

Details and patient eligibility

About

Low-volume high-intensity interval exercise training may improve aspects of health and fitness in young people, but the effect of this type of exercise on quality of life has yet to be assessed. The investigators aim to examine the effect of a 4-week school-based low-volume high-intensity interval training programme (called the Fun Fast Interval Training [FFIT] activity project) on physical fitness and quality of life in adolescent school pupils. Approximately 145 English adolescents aged 11-12 years will be approached and invited to take part in the study. Participants will be healthy female volunteers, recruited from one school in Northeast England. Using a non-randomised design, one school year group will be assigned to take part in the intervention, and a second year group assigned to the control condition.Those in the intervention group will complete a 4-week school-based high-intensity interval exercise training programme. The intervention will take place twice per week, and comprise of 6-8 repetitions of 45 s maximal effort exercise (boxing, running, soccer and basketball drills), each interspersed with 90-s rest. Participants will be encouraged to work maximally during the 45-s repetitions. Control participants will be instructed not to change their lifestyle, dietary or physical activity habits during the intervention period, and maintain their normal school physical education routine. Study outcomes will be 20 m shuttle run test performance, health-related quality of life, standing broad jump performance, hand dynamometer performance, waist circumference and 10 m and 20 m sprint performance.

Enrollment: 132 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 11 to 13 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Must be in school Year 7 or 8 at the school where the study will take place
2. Must provide parental consent and participant assent
3. Must be free from exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

1. Symptoms of or known presence of heart disease or major atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.
2. Condition or injury or co-morbidity affecting the ability to undertake exercise.
3. Diabetes mellitus
4. Early family history of sudden death
5. Pregnancy or likelihood of pregnancy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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132 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in the intervention group will complete a 4-week school-based high-intensity interval exercise training programme. The intervention will take place twice per week, and comprise of 6-8 repetitions of 45 s maximal effort exercise (boxing, running, soccer and basketball drills), each interspersed with 90-s rest. Participants will be encouraged to work maximally during the 45-s repetitions.

Treatment:

Other: High-intensity interval exercise training

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the control group will be instructed not to change their lifestyle, dietary or physical activity habits during the intervention period, and maintain their normal school physical education routine