Status:
COMPLETED
Tying Devices as a Means of Increasing Exercise
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pennsylvania
Conditions:
Healthy
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-75 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators propose that healthy behaviors such as exercise could be increased through the use of tying devices - mechanisms that force a coupling of addictive activities (listening to the next ...
Detailed Description
The study will test the effect of the following treatments as a means of increasing gym attendance over 10 weeks: 1. Participants receive access to 4 iTunes audio novels on their own iPods and prompte...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Stable health as determined by the screening of their medical history
- Own an iPod
- An interest in exercising more regularly
- Belong to the Pottruck Gym at University of Pennsylvania
- Interested in exercising more through the use of aerobic exercise machines
Exclusion
- Recent myocardial infraction
- congestive heart failure
- uncontrolled hypertension
- self-report of 6 or more alcoholic beverages per day or use of any illicit drugs
- bulimia nervosa or related behaviors
- diabetes medication
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
226 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01410812
Start Date
September 1 2011
End Date
September 1 2012
Last Update
December 19 2018
Active Locations (1)
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104