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Breaking prolonged sitting with high-intensity interval training to improve cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults: a protocol for the pilot feasibility HIIT2SITLess trial

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  • Dominika M Pindus Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Applied Health Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, USANeuroscience Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USABeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Scott Paluska Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Applied Health Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, USAUniversity of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USAEvergreen Sports Medicine, Williston, Vermont, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Joseph So Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Applied Health Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, USADepartment and Urgent Care VA, Hospital Medicine, Danville, Illinois, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Miroslaw Wyczesany Insitute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Małopolskie, Poland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tomasz S Ligeza Insitute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Małopolskie, Poland PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jesus Sarol Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Jin Kuang Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Applied Health Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Flor B Quiroz Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Applied Health Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ramiya Shanmugam Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Applied Health Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, USAThe School of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Talha Syed Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Applied Health Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, USADepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Maciej Kos Center for Cognitive & Brain Health, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Naiman Khan Department of Health and Kinesiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign College of Applied Health Sciences, Urbana, Illinois, USANeuroscience Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USABeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USADivision of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Charles Hillman Center for Cognitive & Brain Health, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USADepartment of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USADepartment of Physical Therapy, Movement, & Rehabilitation Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Art Kramer Center for Cognitive & Brain Health, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USADepartment of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Dominika M Pindus; pindus{at}illinois.edu
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Pindus DM, Paluska S, So J, et al
Breaking prolonged sitting with high-intensity interval training to improve cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults: a protocol for the pilot feasibility HIIT2SITLess trial
BMJ Open 2025;15:e095415. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095415

Publication history

  • Received October 22, 2024
  • Accepted April 8, 2025
  • First published May 7, 2025.
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May 07, 2025
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