NCT05243784

The MOVI-HIIT Pilot Trial: The Impact of Activity Breaks on Cognitive Function, Adiposity and Fitness in Preschoolers

The Impact of a Classroom-based Physical Activity Breaks on Cognitive Function, Adiposity and Fitness in Preschool Children. A Pilot Trial Study (MOVI- HIIT)

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 62 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Castilla-La Mancha · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Pilot study to test the acceptability and feasibility of an intervention aimed to test the effectiveness, in preschool children, of an integrated physical activity intervention in the classroom based on intervallic training (MOVI-HIIT) on improving executive function, body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness.

Detailed description

The evolution of the MOVI studies, conducted by the research group, has led to create the last project (MOVI-HIIT; ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04863040). This pilot study will include children aged 4-6 years from 2 public schools of the province of Ciudad Real, Spain, with 2 arms (intervention and control) and the intervention will last 8 weeks. The intervention proposed in the study is implemented through an online platform developed to achieved the intensities required for the age-range of participants, but this platform has never been tested accurately in the classroom. Thus, it seems necessary to pilot the intervention to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of the intervention, in order to improve facts, if necessary, to achieved proposed objectives.

Conditions

• Physical Activity
• Obesity, Childhood
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• High Intensity Interval Training
• Cognition

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	MOVI-HIIT intervention	Each HIIT break will last approximately 5 minutes and will not require any specific materials. The structure of the HIIT-Rest will be as follows: 1' to describe the work to be done; 3' of work following the HIIT protocol: 6 repetitions of a functional movement such as squats, Jumping Jack or running on site for 20" at high intensity (85-90% of HR -heart rate- max) followed by 10" of recovery (65-75% of HR max); and 1' to perform a return to calm in order to lower the activation and prepare the student body to return to class activities.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-27
• Primary completion: 2022-04-01
• Completion: 2022-06-30
• First posted: 2022-02-17
• Last updated: 2022-11-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain