Home-Based Exercise Gaming for Physically Inactive Individuals
NCT ID: NCT04633590
Last Updated: 2023-03-14
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
27 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2022-03-23
2023-01-23
Brief Summary
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Inspired by current trends in the fitness market, Sphery Ltd. developed an immersive and motivating fitness exercise game (exergame), the "ExerCube". The ExerCube allows a full-body workout that concurrently challenges physical and cognitive functions and adapts to the fitness and skill level of the individual. The development of a home-based version of the ExerCube has the potential to make this system available to more individuals, reduce major barriers to exercise, and ultimately provide a strategy to improve cardio-metabolic health in the population. Innovative home-based exergames are particularly in demand given the increase in the number of people wanting to exercise at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Detailed Description
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A number of behavioural and environmental factors associated with modern lifestyle including urbanisation, mechanisation and increased motorised transport are largely responsible for the high prevalence of physical inactivity, in addition to a number of common exercise barriers. Lack of time is cited as the main barrier to exercise as many individuals feel that increasing work hours and family commitments mean they cannot achieve the physical activity guidelines. Other common barriers within the general population include limited access to exercise facilities and appropriate equipment, difficulty with transportation, inadequate financial resources, bad weather and lack of motivation to engage in regular exercise. In an attempt to overcome many of the common barriers to exercise, members of our research group developed a virtually-monitored exercise intervention that used simple on-the-spot bodyweight exercises that could be performed in the participant's home without supervision or equipment. This home-based intervention was designed to be a practical and effective training strategy capable of producing metabolic and functional adaptions while removing many of the common barriers to exercise uptake and adherence such as "intimidating" gym environments, difficulty with access to facilities, travel time and financial constraints. Although these pilot studies successfully reduced common exercise barriers, more engaging exercise strategies are needed to increase levels of physical activity in the physically inactive population.
Inspired by current trends in the fitness market, the Swiss company Sphery Ltd. developed an immersive and motivating fitness exercise game (exergame), the "ExerCube". The ExerCube provides a full-body workout that concurrently challenges physical and cognitive functions as well as adapting to the individuals' fitness and skill level. Previous research has shown that the ExerCube is an effective training method that is more enjoyable than conventional exercise training. Development of a home-based version of the ExerCube has the potential to make this system available to more individuals, and to reduce major barriers to exercise, providing an attractive strategy to improve cardio-metabolic health of the population. Innovative home-based exergames are in demand given the increase in the number of people wanting to exercise at home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conditions
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Study Design
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SINGLE_GROUP
OTHER
NONE
Study Groups
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home-based exergaming
The home-based exergame intervention will take place in an unsupervised place of the participant's choosing. Participants will be provided with all of the equipment (including a television if required) and receive instructions on how to use the system. Participants will be provided with a stepped training plan with exergame session durations of 19 minutes (4x 3-minutes 45-seconds of exercise interspersed with 1 minute of rest) in weeks 1 and 2; 24-minutes (4x 5-minutes of exercise interspersed with 1 minute of rest) in week 3 and 4; and 30-minutes (5x 5-minutes of exercise interspersed with 1 minute of rest) in week 5 and 6. Sessions will be set at a vigorous intensity (≥80% heart rate maximum) and participants will be provided with individualised heart rate zones to achieve in line with heart rate maximum determined during a maximal exercise test in Visit 2. Participants will be asked to train 3 times per week.
Home-based exergaming
Participants will undertake one of two 6-week training interventions. In both groups participants will be asked to train 3 times per week (18 sessions total), during which adherence to the training will be measured. To monitor adherence to training and training load (exercise completion, exercise duration and heart rate achieved during workouts) throughout the 6 weeks participants will be given a heart rate monitor.
Interventions
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Home-based exergaming
Participants will undertake one of two 6-week training interventions. In both groups participants will be asked to train 3 times per week (18 sessions total), during which adherence to the training will be measured. To monitor adherence to training and training load (exercise completion, exercise duration and heart rate achieved during workouts) throughout the 6 weeks participants will be given a heart rate monitor.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Aged 18-55
* Physically inactive, defined as not meeting the exercise guidelines of 150 minutes of moderate physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week
* BMI 18.5 kg/m2 - 30 kg/m2
* No known cardiovascular disorders
* Able to provide written informed consent and understand instructions
Exclusion Criteria
* Pregnant, planning on becoming pregnant during the study, or breast feeding
* Physical or psychological disease likely to interfere with the normal conduct of the study as judged by the investigator
18 Years
55 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Bern
OTHER
Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Christoph Stettler, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Bern
Locations
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Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Bern, , Switzerland
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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HomeExergame
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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