Cardiorespiratory Fitness Using Electrically Assisted Bicycles

NCT03143764 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UBergenElsykkel
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 25
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 3

Brief Summary

This study aimed to examine cycling time and distance when inactive subjects were provided with electrically assisted bicycles, and secondly, to examine changes in cardiorespiratory fitness.

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• examine cycling time

  when inactive subjects were provided with electrically assisted Bicycles for 12 months

  12 months

• examine cycling distance

  when inactive subjects were provided with electrically assisted Bicycles for 12 months

  12 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• examine changes in cardiorespiratory fitness

  12 months

Interventions

Commuting with electrically assisted bicycles BEHAVIORAL

25 participants were provided with electrically assisted bicycles fitted with GPS bike computers to record usage

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 67 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• a desire to cycle to work, residence more than 3km from the workplace, and not physically active according to guidelines

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Bergen: lead
• The GC Rieber Funds: collaborator
• Bergen Council: collaborator
• Helse Stavanger HF: collaborator
• Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement park: collaborator
• National Oilwell Varco Norway AS: collaborator
• General Practitioner-scholarship from the Norwegian Medical Association.: collaborator
• Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen: collaborator
• Department of Education and Sports Science, University of Stavanger: collaborator
• Department of Sports and Physical Activity, Bergen University College: collaborator

Study Sites (3)

Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care, University of Bergen

Bergen, 5018, Norway

Location

Department of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, University of Agder

Kristiansand, Norway

Location

Department of Education and Sports Science, University of Stavanger

Stavanger, Norway

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Interventions

Transportation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Diabetes Mellitus; Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Endocrine System Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Inactive employees in a selection of public and private corporations in three Norwegian cities were invited to participate. Inclusion criteria were: a desire to cycle to work, residence more than 3km from the workplace, and not physically active according to guidelines. There were 25 participants in the study and we provided them all with electrically assisted bicycles fitted with GPS bike computers to record usage. The participants were followed for three to eight months, 226 days on average

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 21, 2017
• First Posted: May 8, 2017
• Study Start: September 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 15, 2015
• Study Completion: December 1, 2016
• Last Updated: May 8, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

NO (3)