Health Effects of Commuter Cycling

University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prevention

Treatments: Behavioral: Cycling to school

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01236222

Cycling

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether cycling to school is effective in the prevention of the metabolic syndrome.

Full description

Physical activity plays a crucial role in relation to prevent a clustering of risk factors. In adults a lower all-cause mortality has been found in those cycling to work compared to inactive commuters. It thus seems possible that cycling to school will entail health beneficial effects for children.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 13 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• passive commuted to school last 6 months, own a bike

Exclusion criteria

• less than 2 km to school

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Cycling to school

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cycling to school