Feasibility of a mobile health intervention to motivate adolescent fitness and high-intensity exercise adherence (Motivating Adolescent Fitness (MOTAFIT)): protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Most adolescents fail to achieve recommended levels of vigorous-intensity physical activity, despite the established benefits for cardiorespiratory fitness and vascular health. Supervised interventions can be effective, but are resource-intensive and lack scalability. Mobile health (mHealth) technologies may provide a cost-effective and accessible approach to support structured, individualised training for adolescents. The Motivating Adolescent Fitness (MOTAFIT) trial will assess the feasibility and acceptability of an mHealth-supported exercise intervention for adolescents to inform the design of a definitive randomised controlled trial (RCT).

Methods and analysis

MOTAFIT is a three-arm feasibility RCT targeting 120 adolescents aged 13-16 years from the Okanaga

SUBMITTER: Koep JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12911803 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature