Effect of High Intensity Interval Training on Strength, Endurance and Flexibility

University of Health Sciences Lahore

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: High Intensity Interval Training

Treatments: Other: Routine physical therapy; Other: High intensity interval training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07153523

UHS/DPS-25/1205

Details and patient eligibility

About

Strength and endurance are essential components for physical fitness of any individual. High intensity interval training provides time efficient benefits for strength and endurance training. Physical Therapy professionals and students need physical fitness for effective clinical performance of patients. There is limited research regarding physical performance of physical therapists itself

Full description

Physical fitness is defined as capacity of doing physical activity using muscular efforts, resulting in energy expenditure. It is dependent upon body composition, muscle strength, endurance and flexibility of person. Pre assessment of strength, endurance and flexibility among physical therapy students will measure their physical fitness and findings from High intensity interval training (HIIT) will help further clinicians for designing fitness program to enhance physical abilities of future physical therapists. This study will address the gap by finding effects of HIIT that would help to improve fitness level of physical therapy students and influence exercise prescription.

Objective: To determine effects of high intensity interval training versus conservative treatment for strength, endurance and flexibility of undergraduate physical therapy students

Enrollment: 66 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 24 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Undergraduate physical therapy students aged 18-24 years.
• Both genders male and female
• DPT students from 1st to final year

Exclusion criteria

• Students with musculoskeletal pain and injuries.
• Any neurological and cardiovascular restrictions.
• Any trauma like fracture.
• Surgical limitation of range of motion.
• Any systemic disease.
• Malignant or benign Tumor.
• Students who are athletes or doing regular exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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66 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental arm

Experimental group

Description:

High intensity interval training

Treatment:

Other: High intensity interval training

Control arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

routine physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Routine physical therapy