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Fit Physicians: Use of Activity Monitors and Activity Integration Program in First Year Medical Students

NCT02778009 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 124

Last updated 2017-08-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Using FitBit activity monitors, physical activity levels will be monitored in first year medical students. Body Composition will be measured as well.

Conditions

  • Motor Activity
  • Body Weight Changes

Interventions

RADIATION

iDEXA Scan

Subjects will receive pre study and post study scans to assess body mass composition

OTHER

Wellness Lectures

Subjects in the Fit Physician Arm will be required to attend monthly wellness lectures

OTHER

Exercise intervention

Subjects in the Fit Physician Arm will be required to attend weekly exercise interventions

OTHER

Activity monitor

Subjects in the Fit physician arm and the activity monitor arm will receive activity monitors to assess their activity level throughout the academic year

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • New York Institute of Technology

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian Harper, MD · NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-07-07
Primary Completion
2017-06-03
Completion
2017-06-03

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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