Desk Cycling Work Performance Evaluation

Penn State Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Physical Activity; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Compact Cycling Device

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03273361

STUDY00001535

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment: 96 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

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

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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96 participants in 3 patient groups

Seated

Experimental group

Description:

Participants completed work tasks while seated.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Compact Cycling Device

Low Intensity Pedaling

Experimental group

Description:

Participants completed work tasks while pedaling at a low intensity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Compact Cycling Device

Low-Moderate Intensity Pedaling

Experimental group

Description:

Participants completed work tasks while pedaling at a low-moderate intensity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Compact Cycling Device