Home-based HIT Study
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Home-based High Intensity Interval Training:A Potential Intervention to Improve Adherence and Health Outcomes to an Exercise Referral Scheme\n\n
IRAS ID
217023
Contact name
Katie Hesketh
Contact email
Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier
Duration of Study in the UK
3 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
The prevalence of chronic inactivity related diseases including obesity, insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus has reached global epidemic proportions. Exercise training is a clinically proven primary intervention that delays and in many cases prevents health burdens. Therefore, many health authorities and local councils run exercise referral schemes for individuals with elevated disease disk. However, a number of barriers to successful completion of traditional exercise referral schemes exist.\n\nThis study aims to investigate the use of a home-based high intensity interval training programme as a potential exercise referral scheme activity to overcome many of the barriers to successful exercise referral scheme adherence and uptake.\n\n200 people referred to the Active Sefton (Sefton Council) exercise referral scheme will be recruited and randomised to one of the two exercise groups (existing Active Sefton Scheme gym based training or home-based HIT). All participants will have access to the normal Active Sefton support mechanisms, but the training programme followed will be different. Before and after 12 weeks of training volunteers will participate in testing to assess changes in aerobic fitness, physical activity, vascular function, insulin sensitivity, body composition and psychological well-being. A 3 month follow up will also be completed to investigate the long term consequences on these variables. \n
REC name
North West - Liverpool Central Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
17/NW/0042
Date of REC Opinion
13 Feb 2017
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion