Effectiveness of Technology-Assisted Physical Activity Program on ProlongedSitting Time and Activity Levels in Desk-based Employees - a Three-arm Cluster Randomized ControlledTrial - SMART-STEP

Manipal Academy of Higher Education0 个研究点目标入组 136 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年1月22日

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•1)Permanent day shift office secretaries
•2)full-time desk-based job
•3)not going on for any planned leave for more than 6 months or planning to shift the work
•4)self-reported sitting time more than 6 hrs/day or at least 2 bouts of 60 minutes of uninterrupted sitting
•5)physically less active ( <600 MET minutes/week) as determined through the International
•Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)
•6)The participants to be recruited in the SMART group must have the knowledge of handling a Smart Phone with an android version 4.0 and above
•7)should be willing to undergo blood investigations [fasting glucose (FG) and lipids]
•8)Should be willing to wear a triaxial accelerometer (Activpal 3TM,PAL technologies, Glasgow, UK) on the thigh for 7 days before the trial, 1st, 3rd and 6th month of the intervention

•1)any pre-existing musculoskeletal injury/disorder
•2)pregnancy
•3)known coronary artery disease (CAD)
•4)unstable metabolic disorders
•5)recent surgeries
•6)acute systemic illness
•7)diabetes mellitus (diagnosed with a fasting glucose value of >125 mg/dL)[ ACSM 2008]
•8)psychological disorders/cognitive impairments
•9)currently taking medications such as cardiac depressants or stimulants)
•10)planning to quit or shift the job
•11)those contraindicated for any exercise or activity

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