Can RFID Technology Capture Stair Walking

Can RFID Technology Capture Stair Walking: A Pilot Study

There are two main aims for this study:

1. conduct a proof-of-concept study illustrating how radio-frequency identification technology can be used to document the timestamps and duration of stair walking (ascending and descending stairs), and detect if an individual is stationary in the stairwell.
2. assess the association of a 4-min bout of self-paced stair walking with changes in blood pressure, mood, and perceived exertion.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Physical Activity; Blood Pressure
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Stair Walking

Detailed Description

Objective, passive methods for measuring physical activity participation can minimize error associated with self-report bias and cognitive processing. This study will test the utility of radio frequency identification (RFID) for the measurement of stair walking within buildings. RFID readers will be placed at stairwell entrances on each floor. Participants will wear a RFID tag. As the participant walks past the different readers going up and down the stairs, the reader will log the date and time. The frequency and duration of time in the stairwell can be calculated, as can an estimated speed.

There are known effects for blood pressure (hypotensive) and moodafter exercise. However, few studies have assessed this effect for short bouts (<10 minutes) of exercise. Participants will have their pre- and post-stair walking blood pressure measured to determine the hypotensive and mood enhancing effects of four minutes of stair walking at a comfortable pace. Participants also will rate the exertion level of four minutes of stair walking at a self-selected pace.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 39
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Georgia
    • Athens, Georgia, United States, 30602
      • Ramsey Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• in desired age range

Exclusion Criteria:

• Unable to or uncomfortable climbing stairs
• Not cleared for exercise using the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q+)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Stair Walking; Participants in this arm will engage in four minutes of stair walking while being tracked by radio frequency identification equipment.	Behavioral: Stair Walking; Walking up and down stairs for four minutes at a comfortable pace
No Intervention: Control; Participants in this arm will stand in the stairwell for four minutes while being tracked by radio frequency identification equipment.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Stair walking duration	Duration, in seconds, of stair walking as tracked by the RFID equipment	Calculated after the completion of the 4-minute stair walking episode
Stair walking distance	Distance, in number of stairs climbed, as tracked by the RFID equipment	Calculated after the completion of the 4-minute stair walking episode
Stair walking speed	Speed of stair walking, in stairs per second based on duration and distance, as tracked by the RFID equipment	Calculated after the completion of the 4-minute stair walking episode

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Blood Pressure	Systolic and diastolic blood pressure	Before stair walking and 2-minutes and 5-minutes post stair walking
Borg's Rating of Perceived Exertion	A one-item measure of a participant's perceived physical effort during an activity. Responses range from 6 (no exertion) to 20 (maximal exertion), where higher scores indicate a greater perceived exertion.	Immediately after stair walking
Mental Energy	Measured by self-report using the State Energy and Fatigue Scale. There are 3 items, scored using a number line from 0 to 100, that are summed to generate a score, where higher scores indicate greater mental energy.	Before and immediately after stair walking
Mental Fatigue	Measured by self-report using the State Energy and Fatigue Scale. There are 3 items, scored using a number line from 0 to 100, that are summed to generate a score, where higher scores indicate greater mental fatigue.	Before and immediately after stair walking
Physical Energy	Measured by self-report using the State Energy and Fatigue Scale. There are 3 items, scored using a number line from 0 to 100, that are summed to generate a score, where higher scores indicate greater physical energy.	Before and immediately after stair walking
Physical Fatigue	Measured by self-report using the State Energy and Fatigue Scale. There are 3 items, scored using a number line from 0 to 100, that are summed to generate a score, where higher scores indicate greater physical fatigue.	Before and immediately after stair walking

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Georgia
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jennifer L Gay, PhD, University of Georgia

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 16, 2019
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 14, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): November 14, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 2, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 6, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): August 8, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 20, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 19, 2019
• Last Verified: November 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Radio Frequency Identification Device
• Other Study ID Numbers: PROJECT00000674

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: De-identified, data may be shared for primary and secondary outcomes.
• IPD Sharing Time Frame: Upon publication of the primary and secondary outcomes
• IPD Sharing Access Criteria: Data access requests will be reviewed by the study team. Requestors will be required to sign a Data Access Agreement.
• IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type: STUDY_PROTOCOL; SAP; ICF; ANALYTIC_CODE

Drug and device information, study documents

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