An interventional study of iDEXA Scan and Wellness Lectures in Motor Activity and Body Weight Changes, sponsored by New York Institute of Technology. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-08-21.
Sponsored by New York Institute of Technology · Not applicable, Interventional, and Other
Using FitBit activity monitors, physical activity levels will be monitored in first year medical students. Body Composition will be measured as well.
Using fitness trackers and exercise testing, it will determine if participating in a novel program that incorporates wellness into the academic term will improve fitness.
An estimate, 120 students will enroll in this study. Men and women aged 18-55 years of age that are just entering medical school. Students who are currently pregnant will not be allowed to participate in this study.
Participation will involve 2 visits at the start of the academic school year, and two visits at the end of the academic school year.
These visits will entail you undergoing a body composition scan measured by an duel energy x-ray absorptiometry (iDEXA) machine. The scan takes approximately 15 minutes. Subjects may be asked to perform an exercise stress test on a treadmill. The exercise test is approximately 40 minutes. Subjects may be asked to participate in a fitness program 2x a week, and may be asked to wear a Fitbit Flex™ activity tracker on the wrist for the duration of the school year. Investigators will be accessing academic grades to use for statistical purposes only. Subject names will never be given to any other party other than the investigators involved.
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Subjects will receive activity monitor and will be required to attend monthly wellness lectures and weekly exercise intervention. Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
Radiation: iDEXA Scan · Other: Wellness Lectures · Other: Exercise intervention · Other: Activity monitor
Subjects will receive an activity monitor without any intervention Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition )
Radiation: iDEXA Scan · Other: Activity monitor
Subjects will not an activity monitor nor will they receive any intervention Every subject will undergo an iDEXA scan to measure body mass composition
Radiation: iDEXA Scan
Subjects will receive pre study and post study scans to assess body mass composition
Subjects in the Fit Physician Arm will be required to attend monthly wellness lectures
Subjects in the Fit Physician Arm will be required to attend weekly exercise interventions
Subjects in the Fit physician arm and the activity monitor arm will receive activity monitors to assess their activity level throughout the academic year
Steps per day measured daily by FitBit Flex
Time frame: 10 months
Body Mass Composition assessed by iDEXA scan
Time frame: 10 months
Academic Performance assessed by numeric grade point average
Time frame: 10 months
Plan to share: No — Data will not be shared with individual participants
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