Trial reportBMC public health2013
High intensity interval running enhances measures of physical fitness but not metabolic measures of cardiovascular disease risk in healthy adolescents.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01027156 (The Influence of a High Intensity Physical Activity Intervention on a Selection of Health Related Outcomes), which is not on this map. Cited by 45 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Influence of a High Intensity Physical Activity Intervention on a Selection of Health Related Outcomes: An Ecological Approach
Who cites it
45 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.
- Does acute caffeine ingestion improve high-intensity interval exercise performance? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The effect of high-intensity interval training on health-related outcomes in obese adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Is low-volume high intensity interval training a time-efficient strategy for improving body composition and cardiovascular health in children and adolescents? Evidence from a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of different types of exercise intensity on improving health-related physical fitness in children and adolescents: a systematic review.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- High-Intensity Interval Training upon Cognitive and Psychological Outcomes in Youth: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Improves Cardiorespiratory Fitness (CRF) in Healthy, Overweight and Obese Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- EFFECTIVENESS OF OBESITY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS BASED ON GUIDELINES FOR ADOLESCENT STUDENTS: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW.Revista paulista de pediatria : orgao oficial da Sociedade de Pediatria de Sao PauloPooled it
- To explore the effects of different ways of high intensity interval training on self-control and physical health of college students.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Effects of a 12-Week Physical Activity Intervention on Psychological Symptoms in Adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Trial
- The Effects of Running Compared with Functional High-Intensity Interval Training on Body Composition and Aerobic Fitness in Female University Students.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Optimal Values of Body Composition for the Lowest Risk of Failure in Tabata Training's Effects in Adolescents: A Pilot Study.BioMed research international · 2021Trial
- Effects of High Intensity Interval Training on Fat Mass Parameters in Adolescents.Revista espanola de salud publica · 2016Trial
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- Acute physiological and perceptual responses in the FIT FIRST FOR ALL school-based physical activity program.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Health-Related Effects of Individual and Paired Functional High-Intensity Interval Training on Body Composition, Strength and VOHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Adolescents' Responses to High-Intensity Versus Standard Physical Education on Body Fat, Blood Pressure, and VOHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Molecular Mechanisms of Vascular Tone in Exercising Pediatric Populations: A Comprehensive Overview on Endothelial, Antioxidative, Metabolic and Lipoprotein Signaling Molecules.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Effect of exercise on postprandial lipaemia in children with sickle cell disease.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular and cardiorespiratory effects of high-intensity interval training in body fat responders and non-responders.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of school-based high-intensity interval training on health-related fitness in adolescents.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundWith accumulating evidence suggesting that CVD has its origins in childhood, the purpose of this study was to examine whether a high intensity training (HIT) intervention could enhance the CVD risk profile of secondary school aged adolescents in a time efficient manner.
methodsParticipants in the study were adolescent school children (64 boys, 25 girls, 16.7 ± 0.6 years). The intervention group (30 boys, 12 girls) performed three weekly exercise sessions over 7 weeks with each session consisting of either four to six repeats of maximal sprint running within a 20 m area with 30 s recovery. The control group were instructed to continue their normal behaviour. All participants had indices of obesity, blood pressure and nine biochemical risk markers for cardiovascular disease recorded as well as four physical performance measures at baseline and post-intervention. Feedback was provided through informal discussion throughout the intervention period as well as post-intervention focus groups. Statistical differences between and within groups were determined by use of paired samples t-tests and ANCOVA.
resultsSignificant enhancements (P ≤ 0.05) in vertical jump performance, 10 m sprint speed and cardiorespiratory fitness was evident in the intervention group whereas a significant decrease in both agility and vertical jump performance was evident in the control group. Participants in the intervention group also experienced a significant decrease in systolic blood pressure post-intervention. Limited changes occurred with respect to the biochemical markers although both groups did experience a significant increase in LDL post-intervention whilst the control group experienced a significant decrease in total cholesterol. No apparent differences were evident between groups post intervention for any of the biochemical markers. Feedback indicated that participants endorsed the use of the intervention as an effective means of exercise.
conclusionsOur results demonstrate that high intensity exercise interventions may be used in the school setting for adolescents as a means of improving measures of physical fitness. Further investigations involving a larger cohort of participants, taken from different schools, is recommended.
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