High-Intensity Interval Training for Older Adults

NCT ID: NCT05542758

Last Updated: 2024-07-16

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-12-31

Brief Summary

This study will examine differences in a 12 week high-intensity interval training regimen. The Total Body HIIT program incorporates a resistance (circuit) and an anaerobic (bike) component in older adults. The specific objectives focus on examining cardiovascular endurance, neuromuscular function, and muscle architecture.

Conditions

Age-Related Sarcopenia

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Total Body HIIT Program

This Total Body HIIT program (circuit and bike training) will involve 3 sessions per week (35-40 min on nonconsecutive days) progressed across the 12 weeks. All session will be lead by undergraduate exercise science students or doctor of physical therapy students and supervised by a physical therapist.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Total Body HIIT Program

Intervention Type: OTHER

One repetition maximums (1RM) and body weight (BW) will be recorded at prior to and at 6 weeks to tailor the program. The circuit will be completed twice during each session and the exercises will include: squats, medicine ball forward chest throws, medicine ball overhead throw, farmers walk, seated shoulder press, seated row sitting on a fitness ball, aerobic riser step-ups, foot ladder drills, and twisting medicine ball passes. The anaerobic component will be completed once during a session and on a stationary bike. The progression of exercise:rest seconds will be 20:40 for Weeks 1-4, 30:30 for Weeks 5-8, and 40:20 for Weeks 9-12. Each session will start with a 5 minute warm up and end with a 5-minute cool down. Participants will be given real time feedback about heart rate (goal range: 85-95% HRmax) and exercise movement velocity. Participants will be encouraged to surpass the velocity of the previous repetition.

Interventions

Total Body HIIT Program

One repetition maximums (1RM) and body weight (BW) will be recorded at prior to and at 6 weeks to tailor the program. The circuit will be completed twice during each session and the exercises will include: squats, medicine ball forward chest throws, medicine ball overhead throw, farmers walk, seated shoulder press, seated row sitting on a fitness ball, aerobic riser step-ups, foot ladder drills, and twisting medicine ball passes. The anaerobic component will be completed once during a session and on a stationary bike. The progression of exercise:rest seconds will be 20:40 for Weeks 1-4, 30:30 for Weeks 5-8, and 40:20 for Weeks 9-12. Each session will start with a 5 minute warm up and end with a 5-minute cool down. Participants will be given real time feedback about heart rate (goal range: 85-95% HRmax) and exercise movement velocity. Participants will be encouraged to surpass the velocity of the previous repetition.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 65-95 years of age or older
• Physical independent (Barthel Index)
• Physician clearance to participate
• No medication changes in previous 30 days
• No structured resistance training program in previous 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

• Contraindications to high-intensity exercise39 (PAR-Q Questionnaire)
• Severe mental impairment (<18 on Montreal Cognitive Assessment)
• Neurodegenerative or acute neurological diagnoses (e.g., Parkinson's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 95 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Nebraska

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Creighton University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Creighton University

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

2003313

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id