Effect of Exercise With Low Intensity and Longer Duration Versus High Intensity Interval Training

Volda University College

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Healthy Subjects

Treatments: Other: endurance exercise of different duration and intensity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01443507

2010/2959

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to compare exercise at 70% of maximal heart rate were total energy expenditure is twice compared to interval training at 90- 95% of maximal heart rate. Since 70% of maximal heart rate is well above the minimum threshold for improvements in maximal oxygen uptake it should be suited to investigate the effect of duration.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy non smoking men and woman, age 18-30

Exclusion criteria

• pathological findings measured by ekko/doppler, high cholesterol or high blood pressure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 2 patient groups

high intensity long interval

Experimental group

Description:

A group training four by four minutes interval at 90-95% of maximal heart rate dispersed by three minutes active pauses at 70% of maximal heart rate.

Treatment:

Other: endurance exercise of different duration and intensity

long duration at moderate training

Experimental group

Description:

a continuous training group exercising at 70% of maximal heart rate for 90 minutes.

Treatment:

Other: endurance exercise of different duration and intensity