Desk Cycling Work Performance Evaluation

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Desk-Compatible Elliptical Device: Feasibility Evaluation

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03273361
• Other study ID #: STUDY00001535
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 1, 2017
• Last updated: March 20, 2018
• Start date: August 1, 2016
• Est. completion date: September 2017

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This lab study is evaluating the feasibility of accomplishing productive office work while simultaneously pedaling a compact desk-based cycling device.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 96
• Est. completion date: September 2017
• Est. primary completion date: September 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 18-65 years

• Ability to type without looking at the keyboard

• Native English speaker

• Normal hearing

• Spend 6 or more hours per day sitting

• Less than 150 minutes of physical activity per week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Positive response on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire indicating that low intensity pedaling could present safety risks

• Pregnancy

• Body mass index less than 18 or greater than 35

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Overweight
• Physical Activity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Compact Cycling Device
Participants pedaled a compact cycling device while simultaneously working at a desk.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Typing task	Participants completed a computerized typing task	5 minutes
Secondary	Reading task	Participants read a brief passage and answered questions to assess reading comprehension.	5 minutes
Secondary	Logic Reasoning and Phone Task	Participants completed logical reasoning questions while answering a simulated phone call.	5 minutes