NCT04633590

Home-Based Exercise Gaming for Physically Inactive Individuals

Completed NA Last updated 14 March 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Home-based exergaming in Physical Inactivity in 27 participants. Completed in 23 January 2023.

Timeline

23 March 2022

Primary endpoint
23 January 2023

23 January 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	27
Start date	23 March 2022
Primary completion	23 January 2023
Estimated completion	23 January 2023
Sites	1 location across Switzerland

Drugs / interventions tested

• Home-based exergaming

Conditions studied

• Physical Inactivity — all drugs for Physical Inactivity →

Sponsor

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Who can join

Adults 18 to 55, any sex, with Physical Inactivity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Current guidelines recommend that adults undertake at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week. However, many adults fail to be physically active according to this definition of the World Health Organisation (WHO). This represents a large economic burden to healthcare systems and public health. A number of behavioural and environmental factors associated with modern lifestyles are largely responsible for the high levels of physical inactivity including; motorised transport and sedentary jobs, lack of time, limited access to adequate exercise facilities, lack of motivation, financial constraints and environmental factors including bad weather. 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 to 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. Despite promising results, more engaging exercise strategies are needed to motivate sedentary individuals to increase their physical activity.

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.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.