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

NCT ID: NCT07153523

Last Updated: 2025-11-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 66 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-08-21
• Study Completion Date: 2025-11-20

Brief Summary

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

Detailed 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

Conditions

High Intensity Interval Training

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Experimental arm

High intensity interval training

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

High intensity interval training

Intervention Type: OTHER

High intensity interval training provides time efficient benefits for strength and endurance training. It comprises of high burst training with rest periods. For experimental group HIIT training will be applied comprising of burpees, squats, arm walking and lunges. The exercise will be given 3 times/ week for 4 weeks. For standardization experimental group will receive 10 minutes of warm up and cool down period comprising of stretching exercises

Control arm

routine physical therapy

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Routine physical therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

For control group routine physical therapy will be applied for strength training using weights and running drills for endurance training. The exercise will be given 3 times/ week for 4 weeks. For standardization control group will receive 10 minutes of warm up and cool down period comprising of stretching exercises

Interventions

High intensity interval training

High intensity interval training provides time efficient benefits for strength and endurance training. It comprises of high burst training with rest periods. For experimental group HIIT training will be applied comprising of burpees, squats, arm walking and lunges. The exercise will be given 3 times/ week for 4 weeks. For standardization experimental group will receive 10 minutes of warm up and cool down period comprising of stretching exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Routine physical therapy

For control group routine physical therapy will be applied for strength training using weights and running drills for endurance training. The exercise will be given 3 times/ week for 4 weeks. For standardization control group will receive 10 minutes of warm up and cool down period comprising of stretching exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 24 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Health Sciences Lahore

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Wajeeha Mahmood

Dr Wajeeha Mahmood(PT)

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Dr Wajeeha Mahmood (PT)

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Countries

Pakistan

Other Identifiers

UHS/DPS-25/1205

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id