Effects of active commuting on cardiovascular risk factors: GISMO-a randomized controlled feasibility study.

ABSTRACT: A sedentary lifestyle is a major modifiable risk factor for many chronic diseases. Lifestyle modification in order to increase exercise capacity is key in the prevention and rehabilitation of chronic diseases. This could be achieved by active commute. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of daily active commuting on physical activity (PA) and exercise capacity. Seventy-three healthy hospital employees (age: 46 ± 9 years, 38% male), with a predominantly passive way of commuting, were randomly assigned to two parallel groups, a control group (CG, N = 22) or an intervention group (IG, N = 51), which was further split into public transportation/active commuting (IG-PT, N = 25) and cycling (IG-C, N = 26). Both intervention groups were asked to reach 150 min/wk of moderate- to vigorou

SUBMITTER: Reich B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7496369 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature