Tying Devices as a Means of Increasing Exercise
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Healthy Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - 75 |
| Updated: | 12/20/2018 |
| Start Date: | September 2011 |
| End Date: | September 2012 |
The investigators propose that healthy behaviors such as exercise could be increased through
the use of tying devices - mechanisms that force a coupling of addictive activities
(listening to the next chapter of a page-turner novel) with engagement in a healthy behavior
(exercise).
the use of tying devices - mechanisms that force a coupling of addictive activities
(listening to the next chapter of a page-turner novel) with engagement in a healthy behavior
(exercise).
The study will test the effect of the following treatments as a means of increasing gym
attendance over 10 weeks: 1. Participants receive access to 4 iTunes audio novels on their
own iPods and prompted to listen to those novels only when exercising at the gym; 2:
Participants receive 4 iTunes audio novels for a loaned iPod that they will only have access
to at the gym; 3: Participants receive weekly emails asking them about their exercise.
attendance over 10 weeks: 1. Participants receive access to 4 iTunes audio novels on their
own iPods and prompted to listen to those novels only when exercising at the gym; 2:
Participants receive 4 iTunes audio novels for a loaned iPod that they will only have access
to at the gym; 3: Participants receive weekly emails asking them about their exercise.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Stable health as determined by the screening of their medical history
- Own an iPod
- An interest in exercising more regularly
- Belong to the Pottruck Gym at University of Pennsylvania
- Interested in exercising more through the use of aerobic exercise machines
Exclusion Criteria:
- Recent myocardial infraction
- congestive heart failure
- uncontrolled hypertension
- self-report of 6 or more alcoholic beverages per day or use of any illicit drugs
- bulimia nervosa or related behaviors
- diabetes medication
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