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Arming Health: Can Breaking up Restful Sitting Time With Upper Body Contractile Activity Regulate Metabolic Health.

NCT02909894 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 13

Last updated 2020-01-30

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Research shows that sitting for long periods of time on a regular basis is bad for health and can leave individuals more susceptible to Obesity, Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes and premature death regardless of exercise engagement outside of these seated hours.

As sitting is so common in modern society it is vital that research explores ways to protect individuals from this worsening issue. Investigators want to see if breaking up long periods of sitting time with short, frequent bouts of light physical activity, while remaining seated, is enough to alleviate these risk factors.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Prolonged Sitting

Condition A is referred to as the 'sitting' condition. Here participants will remain seated throughout the whole of the 7 ½ hour test period (8am - 3:30pm). On arrival, participants will have a cannula (a small tube that allows us to take blood) inserted into their arm; this will stay in the arm and allow investigators to take regular blood samples throughout the day. Blood samples and blood pressure will be taken at 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after breakfast. Following this, a lunch meal will be provided and investigators will continue taking blood samples and blood pressure at 30, 60, 120 and 180 minutes after this lunch meal. In total, 10 blood samples will be taken over the 7 ½ hour testing period. There will also be a cognitive test in the morning and afternoon.

OTHER

Light arm ergometry breaks

Condition B is the 'light activity breaks' condition. Participants will go through exactly the same process as condition A but will also be asked to do 5 minute bouts of light intensity arm ergometry on a desktop arm ergometer every 30 minutes following breakfast and lunch. In total they will do 12 five minute arm ergometry breaks throughout the 7 ½ hour test period (60 minutes of arm ergometry in total). In total 10 blood samples will be taken on the day.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • National Health Service, United Kingdom

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University of Leicester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas Yates, PhD · University of Leicester

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-05-26
Primary Completion
2016-08-30
Completion
2016-08-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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