30-Sekunden-Sprints: Eine neue Möglichkeit, Panikattacken zu bändigen. Kurze, intensive Cardio-Ausbrüche stellen das Entspannungstraining bei Panikstörungen in den Schatten.

>Feeling your heart race, sudden shortness of breath, and uncontrollable sweating are hallmark features of a panic attack. By using high-intensity vigorous activity to recreate these panic-like sensations, patients learn through experience that these bodily cues may feel uncomfortable but aren’t always dangerous.

>A new randomized [controlled](https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1739639) clinical trial published in Frontiers in Psychiatry (Muotri et al., 2026) suggests that brief intermittent intense exercise (BIE)—a close „cousin“ to high-intensity interval training (HIIT)—can significantly reduce the severity of panic disorder (PD).

>Over 12 weeks, repeated exposure to BIE in the form of 30-second sprints helped people with panic disorder respond more calmly to their nervous system’s hyperactive alarm signals.