Health Effects of Commuter Cycling

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
TrygFonden, Denmark
Information provided by:
University of Southern Denmark
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01236222
First received: November 4, 2010
Last updated: August 8, 2011
Last verified: August 2011

November 4, 2010
August 8, 2011
March 2011
June 2011   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Fitness [ Time Frame: Day 0, Day 120 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Difference in VO2max determined by use of a metabolic cart
Fitness [ Time Frame: march (baseline) and june (endline) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
VO2max determined by use of a metabolic cart
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Metabolic syndrome [ Time Frame: Day 0, Day 120 ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Metabolic syndrome as defined by the international diabetes federation based upon: obesity(from age and gender adjusted BMI),TG,HDL,blood pressure,glucose (fasting)
Metabolic syndrome [ Time Frame: march (baseline) and june (endline) ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
obesity(from age and gender adjusted BMI),TG,HDL,blood pressure,glucose (fasting)
 
 
 
Health Effects of Commuter Cycling
Health Effects of Commuter Cycling

The purpose of this study is to determine whether cycling to school is effective in the prevention of the metabolic syndrome.

Physical activity plays a crucial role in relation to prevent a clustering of risk factors. In adults a lower all-cause mortality has been found in those cycling to work compared to inactive commuters. It thus seems possible that cycling to school will entail health beneficial effects for children.

Interventional
 
Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Prevention
Behavioral: Cycling to school
Regular cycling to school
  • No Intervention: Control group
  • Experimental: Cycling to school
    Intervention: Behavioral: Cycling to school
 

*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
60
June 2011
June 2011   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • passive commuted to school last 6 months, own a bike

Exclusion Criteria:

  • less than 2 km to school
Both
10 Years to 13 Years
Yes
Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
Denmark
 
NCT01236222
Cycling
 
Lars Østergaard, University of Southern Denmark
University of Southern Denmark
TrygFonden, Denmark
 
University of Southern Denmark
August 2011

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