Status:
COMPLETED
Comparing Two Different Methods to Prescribe Exercise
Lead Sponsor:
University of Connecticut
Conditions:
Physical Activity
Health Behavior
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Practical interventions are needed to increase physical activity (PA) levels in insufficiently active individuals. HEAT is a randomized controlled trial comparing two different exercise prescription (...
Detailed Description
Being regularly physically active, defined as exercising at least 3-days/wk for 30-min provides essential and seemingly unlimited health benefits. To emphasize the importance of the health benefits of...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- \>18 years old.
- Participants will attend UConn Storrs campus as an undergraduate or graduate student during the study.
- Participants must be physically inactive as defined by participating in less than or equal to 2 days of planned, structured physical activity over the past 12 weeks.
- Any and all races may be included.
- Participants will be healthy with no diagnosed cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, or other chronic diseases or depression and not taking medication for any of these chronic diseases or health conditions as defined by answering "no" to all General Health Questions listed in the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+).
- Anyone scoring less than a 19 on the Beck Depression Inventory.
- Those who answer "yes" to 3 or less on the eating questionnaire will be included.
- Between 18-35 m2/kg.
- Participants should be non-smokers for at least 6 months prior to entry.
- Participants should drink \<2 alcoholic drinks daily.
- Women who are not pregnant or lactating and do not plan on becoming pregnant.
- Participants with no arthritis or orthopedic problems inhibiting their ability to exercise across all intensities without exacerbating the problem.
- Participants willing to maintain their habitual diet throughout the study.
- Participants wanting to enter the study for reasons that do not include weight loss.
- Participants should be willing and able to consent to all data collection processes including the intended timeline of the study procedures as well as all questionnaires, fitness assessments, and physical activity monitor usage.
- Participants who are willing to use only the physical activity program given to them by researchers and are willing to refrain from obtaining and using another program given to them by anyone else besides study researchers. Participants must also agree to not look at the physical activity guidelines being administered to the other intervention group that they are not assigned to.
Exclusion
- \<18 years old
- Not attending UConn Storrs campus during the duration of their enrollment.
- Answering "no" to any question on the 12-item checklist of inclusion criteria
- Participating in more than 2 days of planned, structured physical activity over the past 12 weeks.
- Unhealthy students as determined by answering "yes" to any question listed on the PAR-Q+.
- Scoring a 19 or higher on the Beck Depression Inventory.
- Those who answer "yes" to more than 3 statements on the SCOFF eating disorder questionnaire will be excluded.
- BMI \<18 or \>35 m2/kg.
- People who currently smoke, plan on smoking or have smoked tobacco within the last 6 months.
- People drinking 2 or more alcoholic drinks daily.
- Women who are pregnant or lactating.
- People with arthritis or orthopedic problems will not be enrolled if these conditions compromise their completion of the exercise protocols or ability to exercise across all intensities.
- People unwilling to maintain their habitual diet as we request throughout study participation.
- We will not recruit subjects whose primary motivation for enrolling is to lose weight.
- People who do not think they will be able to complete all study protocols at the times they are scheduled to complete them. This includes the completion of study time logs and all study visits.
- Anyone not willing to confirm that they will refrain from obtaining another exercise program or viewing that of the other group.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 22 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 28 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
46 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04286919
Start Date
February 22 2019
End Date
May 28 2020
Last Update
August 7 2020
Active Locations (1)
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University of Connecticut
Storrs, Connecticut, United States, 06268