Effect of a HIIT Program on Quality of Life, Executive Functions, and IGF-1 Response in Sedentary Young University Women

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE · Nov 30, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

The present investigation follows a randomized controlled experimental design (RCT), of sequential type, with parallel groups with three groups and repeated measures, being evaluated in a pretest, posttest and after the end of the follow-up period.

The sample, of casual or incidental type, was randomly distributed in two experimental groups and a control group, thus avoiding selection bias.

Once the study population had been selected and met the established inclusion and exclusion criteria, a 12-week HIIT-based intervention was performed.

Two of the experimental groups will perform this ...

Gender

FEMALE

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age: 18-30 years old
• • Reflect in the IPAQ questionnaire to be in category 1 or low level of physical activity (Craig et al., 2003) and therefore not conform to the minimum recommendations for physical activity and physical exercise proposed by the WHO.
• • Not suffering from somatic signs or serious psychiatric illnesses that prevent the practice of physical exercise.
• • Not attending psychological therapies in the last 12 months prior to the study. The use of this type of treatment may have an impact on the improvement of cognitive abilities and executive functions of the study population.
• • Being able to communicate.
• • Informed consent: Be able and willing to give informed consent.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Having a general cognitive impairment or executive function disorder recognized and treated by specialists.
• • Physical activity: In order to select sedentary subjects, we excluded those who engaged in physical activity in their leisure time in a continuous and planned manner.
• • Bilingualism: Habitual and indistinct use of two or more languages. This may condition the results in various cognitive tests present in the study, since it is known that this intellectual capacity has a morphological and functional impact on the brain.
• • Musical instrument: Playing a musical instrument regularly and continuously, as in the previous criterion, generates a positive effect on the subject's cognition

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