Status:

COMPLETED

The Effect of Variety on Physical Activity

Lead Sponsor:

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Conditions:

Overweight

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-35 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Increasing physical activity continues to be a challenge among many individuals, particularly those who are overweight. Recent data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) s...

Detailed Description

Thirty men and women, aged 18- to 35- years, recruited from the local area, with a normal body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 29.9 kg/m, will participate in two experimental sessions, VARIETY and N...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Men and women, ages 18-25 years are eligible to participate. They will be recruited from flyers posted around campus and in local gyms, and must be willing to participate. They must have a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 29.9 kg/m2.

Exclusion

  • Participants who have never played an active videogame or are unable to play an active videogame. If the participant dislikes (scoring \<50 on a 100 mm visual analogue scale \[VAS\]) playing the active videogames used in the investigation. Or if the participant engages in less than 150 minutes/week of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity over the previous month.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

32 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01441544

Start Date

September 1 2011

End Date

April 1 2016

Last Update

April 5 2018

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University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37996