The ENERGYCO Study
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Cycling Intervention Group.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Energy Expenditure, Physical Activity, Behavior, Body Composition. Basic parameters: 12 years — 17 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Spain
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
ENERGY Expenditure of COmmuting to School
Overview
The aims of this school-based cycling intervention called "ENERGY Commuting to school" (ENERGYCO) will be divided into two phases: Phase I will aim: 1) to design, test, and validate predictive equations for the objective quantification of the energy expenditure related to different modes of commuting to school (i.e., walking, cycling, motorized-vehicle); and 2) to quantify the energy expenditure of each mode of commuting to school using indirect calorimetry in adolescents; and Phase II will aim to evaluate the effect of a school-based cycling intervention on different health-related outcomes, such as energy expenditure, resting metabolic rate, basal metabolism, physical activity levels, body composition, muscle strength, cardiorespiratory fitness, blood pressure, physical literacy, motor competence, and psychosocial outcomes on Spanish adolescents.
Detailed description
The ENERGYCO study is a cluster-randomized controlled trial focused on the energy expenditure associated with commuting to school. Phase I will aim to develop predictive equations for quantifying energy expenditure during different modes of commuting (walking, cycling, motorized-vehicle) and to measure energy expenditure using indirect calorimetry in adolescents. Phase II will assess the impact of a school-based cycling intervention on various health outcomes in Spanish adolescents, including energy expenditure, metabolic rate, physical activity levels, body composition, muscle strength, fitness, blood pressure, physical literacy, motor competence, and psychosocial outcomes. Phase I will involve recruiting approximately 50 adolescents to quantify energy expenditure during walking, cycling, and motorized-vehicle. For Phase II, a random sample of around 300 schoolchildren aged 12-16 from three Spanish cities will undergo a eight-week cycling intervention involving Bikeability sessions and encouragement strategies. Therefore, the ENERGYCO study aims to develop predictive equations for measuring energy expenditure during active commuting to school and assess the impact of a cycling intervention on adolescent health. It is expected to contribute significantly to research and society by providing insights into the effects of active commuting and cycling interventions on adolescent energy expenditure, physical and mental health.
Interventions
- Behavioral Cycling Intervention Group
A eight-weeks school-based cycling program. The school-based cycling intervention consists of 2 Bikeability sessions of 60 min at Physical Education lessons in school, and will focus on promote biking through theory and practice lessons about cycle training skills including on-road training. In addition, participants will receive encouragement strategies, one for each week of the intervention, for cycling to and from school during eight weeks.
Primary outcome measures
- Change of the resting metabolic rate [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
- Change of the daily energy expenditure [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
Secondary outcome measures (12)
- Change of Physical activity levels [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
- Heart rate monitoring [Time frame: During the 8 weeks when the participant will cycle to and from school]
- Resting heart rate monitoring [Time frame: First weekend of the school-based cycling intervention]
- Cycling skill assessment: Bikeability sessions [Time frame: First week of the school-based cycling intervention]
- Change of physical fitness [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
- Change of physical literacy [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
- Change of anthropometric measures [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
- Change of anthropometric measures [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
- Change of body composition [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
- Change of cognitive determinants [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
- Change of perceptions to active commuting to and from school [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
- Change in children's psychosocial variables [Time frame: 8 weeks during both measurement points (Baseline and post-intervention)]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- the school has a specific space for parking bicycles and allows for their parking
- the school does not have a specific school bus route
- the school has at least two lines per class
- at least eight students from the school will agree to participate in the study (i.e., presenting a signed parental consent).
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Spain · 1 center
- University of Granada — Granada
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06414668 · ENERGYCO