Supra High-intensity Interval Training for Police Officers

Supra High-intensity Interval Training for Austin Police Officers

Police work is extreme in terms of the physical activity and physical exertion spectrum as it is composed of a mixture of enforced sitting and sudden physical exertion. Police officers remain sitting for the majority of their working hours. In theory, regular physical activity exerts a number of health and fitness benefits that could act on most issues that police officers suffer from. Supra high-intensity interval training (supra HIIT) appears to be a perfect solution for police officers as the training modality can be accomplished in less than 5 minutes. The primary purpose of this proposal is to create and assess supra HIIT program that is suitable for police officers and then to assess feasibility of such exercise program in a small pilot study.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Physical Fitness
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Supra high intensity interval training

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 27
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Texas
    • Austin, Texas, United States, 78712
      • University of Texas at Austin

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Police officers in the local Police Department who are capable of performing physical exercise

Exclusion Criteria:

• Being pregnant
• Having had a recent illness
• History of diabetes, heart disease, or other cardiovascular problems
• Recent surgery, orthopedic, or musculoskeletal injuries

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Supra high intensity interval training; The experimental group will engage in the high intensity interval training.	Behavioral: Supra high intensity interval training; The exercise program will consist of eight 20-second all-out exercise bouts followed by 10 seconds of rest for a total of 4 minutes of total exercise duration. The intensity of exercise is all out. The exercise will be conducted 3 times a week for 8 weeks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Aerobic power	Aerobic fitness or maximal oxygen consumption will be evaluated during incremental treadmill exercise tests (1% grade increase per minute at individualized treadmill speed).	8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Texas at Austin

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 1, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 1, 2021
• Study Completion (Actual): July 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 8, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 8, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): February 12, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 29, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 28, 2021
• Last Verified: September 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2019090050

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED
• IPD Plan Description: Masked data will be shared by other investigators with a reasonable request following the publication of the data.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No