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Can RFID Technology Capture Stair Walking

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University of Georgia (UGA)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Physical Activity
Blood Pressure

Treatments

Behavioral: Stair Walking

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04050332
PROJECT00000674

Details and patient eligibility

About

There are two main aims for this study:

  1. conduct a proof-of-concept study illustrating how radio-frequency identification technology can be used to document the timestamps and duration of stair walking (ascending and descending stairs), and detect if an individual is stationary in the stairwell.
  2. assess the association of a 4-min bout of self-paced stair walking with changes in blood pressure, mood, and perceived exertion.

Full description

Objective, passive methods for measuring physical activity participation can minimize error associated with self-report bias and cognitive processing. This study will test the utility of radio frequency identification (RFID) for the measurement of stair walking within buildings. RFID readers will be placed at stairwell entrances on each floor. Participants will wear a RFID tag. As the participant walks past the different readers going up and down the stairs, the reader will log the date and time. The frequency and duration of time in the stairwell can be calculated, as can an estimated speed.

There are known effects for blood pressure (hypotensive) and moodafter exercise. However, few studies have assessed this effect for short bouts (<10 minutes) of exercise. Participants will have their pre- and post-stair walking blood pressure measured to determine the hypotensive and mood enhancing effects of four minutes of stair walking at a comfortable pace. Participants also will rate the exertion level of four minutes of stair walking at a self-selected pace.

Enrollment

39 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 35 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • in desired age range

Exclusion criteria

  • Unable to or uncomfortable climbing stairs
  • Not cleared for exercise using the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

39 participants in 2 patient groups

Stair Walking
Experimental group
Description:
Participants in this arm will engage in four minutes of stair walking while being tracked by radio frequency identification equipment.
Treatment:
Behavioral: Stair Walking
Control
No Intervention group
Description:
Participants in this arm will stand in the stairwell for four minutes while being tracked by radio frequency identification equipment.

Trial contacts and locations

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