Home-Based High Intensity Interval Training Intervention for Low Active Adults

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: High Intensity Interval Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03479177

STUDY00001989

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of a home-based high intensity interval training intervention on exercise among low active adults (defined as engaging in exercise 90 minutes or less per week). Participants will be randomly assigned to a HIIT-based intervention or a wait-list control each lasting 12 weeks (participants in the wait-list control condition will have the option of receiving the HIIT intervention following the 12 weeks).

Full description

The intervention will be a 12-week high intensity interval training workout that will consist of home-based exercise sessions prescribed by the exercise counselor. The exercise sessions will be based on exercises the participant can confidentially engage in (regular push-ups vs. knee push-ups vs. wall push-ups). The goal will be to engage in three exercise sessions per week. The participants will receive weekly telephone calls during the first month and bi-weekly calls during months 2 and 3. The exercise counselor will also engage in dialogue that will motivate the participant to exercise.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 and older
• Exercising for 90 minutes or less each week
• Access to the Internet

Exclusion criteria

• A history of coronary heart disease (history of myocardial infarction, symptoms of angina)
• Orthopedic problems that would limit physical activity participation
• Diabetes
• Stroke
• Osteoarthritis
• Any other medical condition that may make physical activity unsafe or unwise.
• Current or planned pregnancy
• Psychosis or current suicidal ideation
• Psychiatric hospitalization within the last six months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

High Intensity Interval Training

Experimental group

Description:

The exercise group will participate in a home and telephone-based program consisting of a 12-week high intensity interval training workout (HIIT). The home-based exercise sessions will be prescribed by the program exercise counselor, with a goal to exercise three times per week. The program will be tailored to meet specific fitness and strength needs of the participant. The participant will receive weekly telephone calls during the first month and bi-weekly calls during months 2 and 3. At 12 weeks, participants in both the exercise and wait-list control group will complete online questionnaires. The ActiGraph will be returned to the University of Minnesota research staff via a pre-paid postage envelope.

Treatment:

Behavioral: High Intensity Interval Training

Wait-List Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants in the wait-list control condition will have the option of receiving the exercise intervention program after completion of the final assessment.