Effects of High-Intensity Interval Training and Moderate-Intensity Training on Stress, Depression, Anxiety, and Resilience in Healthy Adults During Coronavirus Disease 2019 Confinement: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Frontiers in Psychology

article

Yolanda Borrega-Mouquinho¹  Jesús Sánchez-Gómez¹  Juan Pedro Fuentes-García¹  Daniel Collado-Mateo²  Santos Villafaina¹ 

[1] Faculty of Sport Science, University of Extremadura;Centre for Sport Studies, Rey Juan Carlos University

关键词: confinement;    COVID-19;    HIIT;    MIT;    mental health;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643069

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Objective: This study aimed to compare the effects of two intervention programs, (1) high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and (2) moderate-intensity training (MIT), on anxiety, depression, stress, and resilience during the confinement caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in healthy adults. Methods: A total of 67 adults who participated were randomly assigned to two groups: HIIT and MIT groups. The MIT group had to perform a home-based intervention based on aerobic exercises, whereas the HIIT group had to perform a home-based intervention based on HIIT exercises. The two groups (HIIT and MIT) had to complete the same physical exercise volume, 40 min per session (6 days per week) during the confinement period (6 weeks). Depression, anxiety, stress, and resilience were assessed before and after the intervention. Results: Results showed that HIIT and MIT significantly reduced the stress, anxiety, and depression as well as increase the resilience ( p < 0.05). Moreover, the improvements obtained in the HIIT group seem to be greater than those of the MIT group in depression ( p < 0.05). Conclusions: HIIT and MIT decreased anxiety, stress, and depression as well as increased resilience during the COVID-19 confinement. In addition, the HIIT intervention seemed to be more beneficial to reduce depression than the MIT intervention.

【 授权许可】

CC BY