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Stair Instead of Elevator Use at Work: Cardiovascular Primary Preventive Effects on Hospital Employees.

NCT00520195 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 77

Last updated 2007-08-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This is an intervention study which evaluates the cardiovascular primary preventive effects of using stairs instead of elevators at the worksite during a 12-weeks period. We hypothesize that stair-climbing during working hours can meet the daily amount of physical activity recommended by current public health guidelines.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Physical activity

Climbing stairs instead of taking elevators at worksite during 12 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Geneva

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Philippe Meyer, MD · University Hospitals of Geneva

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-31
Completion
2007-07-31

Countries

  • Switzerland

Study Locations

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