Effects of High Intensity Interval Training on Cognitive Flexibility Among Female Teenagers

Effects Of High Intensity Interval Training on Cognitve Flexibility Among Female Teenagers

The study suggests that the high intensity exercise training program is beneficial for the female teenagers to enhance their cognitive abilities along with the physical strengthening. It also helps the teenagers to increase their mental health for better health and memory.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Cognitive Flexibility Among Female Teenagers
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: High Intensity Interval Training

Detailed Description

The objective of the present study was to determine the effects of high-intensity interval training on cognitive flexibility among female teenagers. The current study suggests that the high intensity physical training improves the cognitive ability of the participants. Evidence indicates that regular physical activity and high intensity interval training improves the physical strengthening and corresponding improvements in cardiopulmonary physical fitness that results in the increase in cerebral perfusion and vasoreactivity across the human lifespan. The betterment in the cerebral perfusion leads to better cognitive ability and mental health.

The physical activity program comprises 8 weeks consisting of Low-intensity interval training in the first week to high-intensity interval training in the 8th week. Participants of the two groups i.e., experimental and control groups were assessed at baseline fourth and eighth week by Digital Span and Mini mental state examination.

The current study from the statistical analysis suggests that better results are obtained by high intensity physical activity among the female teenagers overtime both in terms of cognitive ability and physical strength.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Pakistan
  • Sindh
    • Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan, 65200
      • RIPRS

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants falling in this category would be recruited into the study.

  • Female gender only
  • Age 13-19 years of female teenagers
  • Absence of serious medical or mental illness
  • volunteered to participate in this study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants failing to fall in this category would be excluded from the study. Diagnosed Psychiatric illness Acute or Chronic Pain and Infections Known case of bone fragility Unstable cardiovascular disease Severe cognitive, visual, or auditory impairment

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Experimental (High Intensity Interval Training); High Intensity Interval Training for 8 weeks, which include lunges, squatting sprinting and other exercises.	Other: High Intensity Interval Training; The HIIT sessions ranging from 4-12 minutes in duration for 8 weeks in which three sessions will be conducted each week (weeks 1-3: 4 minutes; weeks 4-6: 8 minutes; weeks 7-8: 12 minutes respectively), with a work to rest ratio of 30sec: 10sec, as mention in table 1. Experimental group/HIT group engaged in their HIIT sessions (inclusive of a short warm-up activity including dynamic exercises i.e., walking/running, 8-10 minutes of HIIT and cool down which include static exercises i.e., shoulder and hip muscle stretches). Session duration and intensity are increased with weekly progression in intervention groups. The high resistance training sessions was be delivered by the researcher to HIT group
No Intervention: Control (No Intervention); Control Group received no intervention they all will be engaged in normal daily routines.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Digit Span (DGS)	Cognitive Flexibilty was assessed by Digit Span (DGS), is a measure of verbal short-term and working memory that can be used in two formats, Forward Digit Span and Reverse Digit Span. This is a verbal task, with stimuli presented auditory, and responses spoken by the participant and scored accordingly	Baseline to 8 weeks
Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)	The MMSE is a brief screening tool that provides a quantitative assessment of cognitive impairment and records cognitive changes over time (23). The maximum score for the MMSE is 30. A score of 25 or higher is classed as normal. If the score is below 24, the result is usually considered to be abnormal, indicating possible cognitive impairment.	Baseline to 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Riphah International University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Waqar Ahmed Awan, PhD, Faculty of Rehabilitation & Allied Health Sciences, Riphah International University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): February 6, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 30, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): August 15, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2023
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 15, 2023
• First Posted (Actual): May 24, 2023

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): August 25, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 24, 2023
• Last Verified: August 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: High Intensity Interval Training; Cognitive Flexibility; Mini Mental State Examination; High Intensity Exercises; Digital Span Test
• Other Study ID Numbers: 01497

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

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