Desk Cycling Work Performance Evaluation

Desk-Compatible Elliptical Device: Feasibility Evaluation

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

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Obesity; Overweight; Physical Activity
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Compact Cycling Device

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 96
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

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 Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Seated; Participants completed work tasks while seated.	Behavioral: Compact Cycling Device; Participants pedaled a compact cycling device while simultaneously working at a desk.
Experimental: Low Intensity Pedaling; Participants completed work tasks while pedaling at a low intensity.	Behavioral: Compact Cycling Device; Participants pedaled a compact cycling device while simultaneously working at a desk.
Experimental: Low-Moderate Intensity Pedaling; Participants completed work tasks while pedaling at a low-moderate intensity.	Behavioral: Compact Cycling Device; Participants pedaled a compact cycling device while simultaneously working at a desk.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Typing task	Participants completed a computerized typing task	5 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

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

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Liza Rovniak, PhD, MPH, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine; Study Director: Andris Freivalds, PhD, Penn State University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 1, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): September 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 1, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 1, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): September 6, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 21, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 20, 2018
• Last Verified: March 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Body Weight; Overweight
• Other Study ID Numbers: STUDY00001535

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No