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Exergaming for Better Physical Fitness

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Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status

Completed

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle

Treatments

Behavioral: Exergaming

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04112329
2019/1083

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this project is to assess if playing a newly developed videogame that require physical activity (e.g. exergame) can lead to increased physical activity, aerobic fitness and health benefits in sedentary adults. The project will include 28 sedentary adults, 18 years and above, who are not sufficiently active according to current guidelines defined as doing (<150 minutes/week of moderate intensity physical activity or <75 minutes/week of vigorous physical activity and/or do not do any regular endurance training ). The physical fitness (maximal oxygen consumption), blood pressure, body composition and objectively measured physical activity will be tested before and after the intervention period.

Also, the participants gaming frequency will be registered throughout the 8 week period. Aim of this study is to investigate if access to this game can provide health benefits for adults who are not motivated to take part in regular physical activity.

Enrollment

29 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Sedentary (<150 mins of moderate intensity physical activity/week) and/or do not regularly take part in endurance training.
  • Able to ride a bike for up to 60 minutes

Exclusion criteria

  • Known cardiovascular disease
  • Taking beta-blockers or anti-arrhythmic drugs

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

29 participants in 2 patient groups

Exergaming
Experimental group
Description:
Will use the PlayPulse exergame for 45 minutes a minimum of two times per week for 8 weeks
Treatment:
Behavioral: Exergaming
Control
No Intervention group
Description:
Asked to continue with their normal daily routine

Trial contacts and locations

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