The Effect of Variety on Physical Activity

NCT01441544 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 8630B
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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) showed that individuals who reported engaging in a variety of activities were more likely to meet national physical activity recommendations compared to those who reported no variety. Incorporating a variety of activities into a physical activity program may be a way to increase physical increase physical activity levels. One method to increase variety in physical activities is to use active videogames. Videogames that use motion sensors allow a gamer to physically perform a variety of activities. Thus, the purpose ot this laboratory-based investigation is to conduct a study to examine the effect of engaging in a greater variety of active videogames on energy expenditure in 30 non-obese, regularly active adults.

Conditions

Overweight

Keywords

active video games; Energy expenditure

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Energy expenditure in a laboratory session when active videogames are played

  End of each session

Study Arms (2)

VAREITY

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Variety of Active Videogames

NON-VARIETY

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Variety of Active Videogames

Interventions

Variety of Active Videogames BEHAVIORAL

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 (playing the same active video game over 4 sessions) and NON-VARIETY (playing 4 different active video games over 4 sessions), with order of experimental sessions counterbalanced across participants.

NON-VARIETY; VAREITY

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

• 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Tennessee, Knoxville: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Tennessee

Knoxville, Tennessee, 37996, United States

Location

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  PMID: 27090231 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Overweight

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Hollie A Raynor, Ph. D

  University of Tennessee

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Dale Bond, PhD

  The Miriam Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 25, 2011
• First Posted: September 27, 2011
• Study Start: September 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2016
• Study Completion: April 1, 2016
• Last Updated: April 5, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-04

Locations

US (1)