Home-Based Exercise Gaming for Physically Inactive Individuals

Launched by INSEL GRUPPE AG, UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BERN · Nov 17, 2020

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ClinConnect Summary

Current guidelines recommend that adults undertake at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous physical activity per week. Regular physical activity improves many cardiovascular and metabolic health makers including beneficial effects on body weight, insulin sensitivity, glycaemic control, lipid profile, endothelial function and aerobic capacity. Despite overwhelming evidence that an inactive lifestyle leads to chronic disease and premature death, many adults fail to meet physical activity guidelines. Physical inactivity, defined as physical activi...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Male or female
• • 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:
• • Overt diabetes mellitus (type 1, type 2, other forms of diabetes)
• • 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