What this means
This trial is testing whether short, hard exercise breaks during long sitting periods help thinking and brain function. It has not reported results yet, so we do not know the answer.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 40–75
- Where
- 1 site, including Illinois
The science
- Registered title
- Breaking Sitting with High-intensity Interval Training for Brain Health
- Trial ID
- NCT06243016 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Aging
- What is tested
- High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) Breaks to Sitting, Light-Intensity Interval Training (LIIT) Breaks to Sitting
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Ages
- 40 Years to 75 Years
- Dates
- First posted Feb 5, 2024 · updated Feb 7, 2025
Registry summary
This trial will examine whether interrupting 3.5 hours of sitting every 30 min with 6 min high intensity interval training (HIIT) breaks compared to light intensity interval training (LIIT) will improve brain health in cognitively normal older adults. This trial will test the feasibility of HIIT breaks to sitting. It will also address several important but unanswered questions: (1) Does interrupting sitting with short HIIT breaks improve frontoparietal function? (2) Can interrupting sitting with HIIT breaks improve cognitive functions?
Sites (1)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States