Effect of High-Intensity Interval Training Exercise on Cognitive Function of Young Adults

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Recruiting

• Conditions: Young Healthy Adults
• Interventions: Other: High Intensity Interval Training

• Registration Number: NCT06621550
• Lead Sponsor: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Brief Summary

To explore the sustainability of the acute effect of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on executive function in young adults.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-06-01
• Status Verified: 2024-09
• Study First Submitted: 2024-09-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-09-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-09-29
• Study First Posted: 2024-10-01
• Last Update Posted: 2024-10-01
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-01
• Study Completion: 2024-12-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 70

Inclusion Criteria

• Young adult aged 18-40 years old
• No visionary defect or other sensory condition including uncorrected refractive defect and color blindness refraining the individual to be assessed by the tasks

Exclusion Criteria

• With known neurological, cardiovascular, or other physical and mental conditions that limit the ability to safely participate in high-intensity interval training
• With known specific learning disabilities
• Known drug or alcohol abuse problems

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
HIIT Arm	High Intensity Interval Training	Participants will receive a single session of HIIT, which lasts for 19 minutes

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stroop task	From baseline to 72 hours post intervention	Stroop Task is a neurocognitive test for the performance on inhibition control. Participants are shown a series of word colors that are either congruent or incongruent with the color of the word itself. The participant is required to respond to the color of the word and not the word itself.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Flanker Task	From baseline to 72 hours post intervention	Flanker Task is a neurocognitive test for the performance on inhibition control. Participants are shown a series of arrows. The participant is to respond to which way the center arrow is pointing; whether it is to the right or to the left
Trail making test (TMT)	From baseline to 72 hours post intervention	TMT is a neurocognitive test for the performance on cognitive flexibility. There are part A and part B in the TMT. The time required to completed part A as well as part B would be recorded separately, the difference in time in completing part B and part A (B-A) and the ratio of time in completing part A and part B (B/A) would be used as the interference score.
Wisconsin Card Sorting test (WCST)	From baseline to 72 hours post intervention	WCST is a neurocognitive test for the performance on cognitive flexibility. Participants will be presented with four response cards, which are of different geometric properties (number of objects, color of object and shape of objects), and one stimulus card at a time. Participants will be required to sort the stimulus card. There are 30 trials in the test, number of correct sorting will be recorded, and accuracy will be obtained as number of correct sorting divided by 30.
Change in accuracy as measured by the 2-back task	From baseline to 72 hours post intervention	2-back task is a neurocognitive test for the performance on working memory. Participants are presented with a sequence of stimuli in character form. The task consists of indicating when the current stimulus matches the one from 2 steps earlier in the sequence. There are 48 trials in the task, the number of correct responses will be recorded. The accuracy will be obtained as number of correct responses divided by 39.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; 🇭🇰 Hung Hom, Hong Kong