Desk Cycling Work Performance Evaluation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physical Activity; Obesity; Overweight
• Interventions: Behavioral: Compact Cycling Device

• Registration Number: NCT03273361
• Lead Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Brief Summary

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-08-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-09
• Study Completion: 2017-09
• Study First Submitted: 2017-09-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-09-01
• Study First Posted: 2017-09-06
• Status Verified: 2018-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-03-20
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 96

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Low Intensity Pedaling	Compact Cycling Device	Participants completed work tasks while pedaling at a low intensity.
Low-Moderate Intensity Pedaling	Compact Cycling Device	Participants completed work tasks while pedaling at a low-moderate intensity.
Seated	Compact Cycling Device	Participants completed work tasks while seated.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Typing task	5 minutes	Participants completed a computerized typing task

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Logic Reasoning and Phone Task	5 minutes	Participants completed logical reasoning questions while answering a simulated phone call.
Reading task	5 minutes	Participants read a brief passage and answered questions to assess reading comprehension.