TY - JOUR
T1 - A Novel High Intensity Short Interval Dance Intervention (THANDAV) to Improve Physical Fitness in Asian Indian Adolescent Girls
AU - Anjana, Ranjit Mohan
AU - Nitika, Sharma
AU - Srishti, Sinha
AU - Kuriyan Raj, Rebecca
AU - Pradeepa, Rajendra
AU - Palmer, Colin
AU - Kurpad, Anura
AU - Mohan, Viswanathan
AU - Sallis, Jim
AU - Ranjani, Harish
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to Medical Research Council, United Kingdom (NIHR and UKRI) for the funding support. We also thank University of Dundee for supporting projects that advance global health. We also wish to record the support of INSPIRED project. Also, we thank all parents for their tremendous support. Lastly, this study would not have been possible without the untiring efforts of the participating children.
Funding Information:
The project has been funded by National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the grant number-MR/T003626/1.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.
PY - 2021/9/1
Y1 - 2021/9/1
N2 - Background: There exist several barriers to physical activity (PA) among adolescent girls. We therefore developed a culturally acceptable dance/fitness intervention called THANDAV (Taking High-Intensity Interval Training [HIIT] ANd Dance to Adolescents for Victory over noncommunicable diseases [NCDs]). The main aim of this study was to evaluate the THANDAV protocol among Asian Indian girls aged 10 to 17 years.Materials and Methods: THANDAV consisted of a 10-min routine with high- A nd low-intensity dance steps that was taught to 23 adolescent girls. Heart rate (HR), energy expenditure, body mass index (BMI), and blood pressure (BP) were recorded. Focused group discussions (FGDs) were conducted after the quantitative measurements were completed. Results: The average age of the girls was 13.9 ± 2.1 years, and the mean BMI and BP were 19.8 ± 3.3 kg/m2 and 107/68 (±8/7) mm/Hg, respectively. All participants achieved 80% of their maximum HR during the first dance and managed to sustain this HR throughout the 10-min routine. There was a significant increase in the HR (bpm) [88.7 ± 8.4 to 195.6 ± 11.8, P < 0.001] and VO2 (L/min) [0.025 ± 0.0 to 0.395 ± 0.1, P < 0.001] postintervention. The average energy cost of the activity (metabolic equivalent) was 6.3. The FGDs revealed that THANDAV was a socially acceptable, fun, and energetic form of PA.Conclusions: The THANDAV intervention meets HIIT norms and is a novel culturally appropriate form of PA that is enjoyable, takes little time, and can be done at home. It has the potential to be a sustainable intervention to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and prevent NCDs in Asian Indian adolescent girls.
AB - Background: There exist several barriers to physical activity (PA) among adolescent girls. We therefore developed a culturally acceptable dance/fitness intervention called THANDAV (Taking High-Intensity Interval Training [HIIT] ANd Dance to Adolescents for Victory over noncommunicable diseases [NCDs]). The main aim of this study was to evaluate the THANDAV protocol among Asian Indian girls aged 10 to 17 years.Materials and Methods: THANDAV consisted of a 10-min routine with high- A nd low-intensity dance steps that was taught to 23 adolescent girls. Heart rate (HR), energy expenditure, body mass index (BMI), and blood pressure (BP) were recorded. Focused group discussions (FGDs) were conducted after the quantitative measurements were completed. Results: The average age of the girls was 13.9 ± 2.1 years, and the mean BMI and BP were 19.8 ± 3.3 kg/m2 and 107/68 (±8/7) mm/Hg, respectively. All participants achieved 80% of their maximum HR during the first dance and managed to sustain this HR throughout the 10-min routine. There was a significant increase in the HR (bpm) [88.7 ± 8.4 to 195.6 ± 11.8, P < 0.001] and VO2 (L/min) [0.025 ± 0.0 to 0.395 ± 0.1, P < 0.001] postintervention. The average energy cost of the activity (metabolic equivalent) was 6.3. The FGDs revealed that THANDAV was a socially acceptable, fun, and energetic form of PA.Conclusions: The THANDAV intervention meets HIIT norms and is a novel culturally appropriate form of PA that is enjoyable, takes little time, and can be done at home. It has the potential to be a sustainable intervention to improve cardiorespiratory fitness and prevent NCDs in Asian Indian adolescent girls.
KW - Endocrinology
KW - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
KW - Medical Laboratory Technology
KW - Heart rate
KW - Physical activity
KW - Dance intervention
KW - Adolescent girls
KW - HIIT
KW - Metabolic equivalent
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85114518305&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1089/dia.2021.0028
DO - 10.1089/dia.2021.0028
M3 - Article
C2 - 33761291
VL - 23
SP - 623
EP - 631
JO - Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
JF - Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics
SN - 1520-9156
IS - 9
ER -
