Clinical trial NCT04050332: Can RFID Technology Capture Stair Walking
Official title: Can RFID Technology Capture Stair Walking: A Pilot Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Blood Pressure
Keywords: Radio Frequency Identification Device
Lead sponsor: University of Georgia
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-08-08
Enrollment: 39
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: 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.

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.

Eligibility criteria: 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+)

Primary outcomes:
measure: Stair walking duration
timeFrame: Calculated after the completion of the 4-minute stair walking episode
measure: Stair walking distance
timeFrame: Calculated after the completion of the 4-minute stair walking episode
measure: Stair walking speed
timeFrame: Calculated after the completion of the 4-minute stair walking episode
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Blood Pressure
timeFrame: Before stair walking and 2-minutes and 5-minutes post stair walking
measure: Borg's Rating of Perceived Exertion
timeFrame: Immediately after stair walking
measure: Mental Energy
timeFrame: Before and immediately after stair walking
measure: Mental Fatigue
timeFrame: Before and immediately after stair walking
measure: Physical Energy
timeFrame: Before and immediately after stair walking
measure: Physical Fatigue
timeFrame: Before and immediately after stair walking
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Athens
country: United States
facility: Ramsey Center
state: Georgia
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Georgia
name: Jennifer L Gay, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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