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Energy Profile and Low Intensity Activity (PROFILE)

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Healthy
Interventions
Other: physical activity
Registration Number
NCT04864028
Lead Sponsor
University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand
Brief Summary

The recent literature has highlighting the importance of the time of SB and the level of physical activity (PA) as predictors of metabolic cardio risks. Now, sedentary lifestyles are well recognized as one of the causes of mortality. As with physical activity, a dose-response relationship appears to exist: mortality would increase with time spent in sedentary behaviors. However, this relationship would not be linear: the more the daily sitting time increases, the more the consequences on mortality are important. It is now well demonstrated that time spent in sedentary adult behaviour finds primarily its origin in the work, characterized by prolonged and uninterrupted periods of sitting. Many strategies have been settled to break the prolonged sitting time. The most promising one seem to be the use of active workstations (standing, walking, cycling, stepping) because they reduce sedentary time at work and increase physical activity with positive effects on the global health. However inter variability in energy response have been identified during a sit to stand allocation with subject "savers" profile showing an increase in energy expenditure while others categorized as "non-savers" increased significantly their energy expenditure between sitting and standing position. As others active workstation strategies exist, this study aim to first, better characterize energy response to posture and activity allocation (15min sit-15min stand-15min sit-15min low intensity cycling), secondly to identify parameters that could explain different energy profile.

Detailed Description

Subject will have an inclusion visit during a medical consultation where the eligibility criteria to participate to this study will be checked.

During a second experimental visit, subjects will have to take a calibrated breakfast. Three hours after the breakfast, body composition will be assessed and energy expenditure and substrates oxidation will be measured with an indirect calorimetry device during 15min in a sitting position fallowed by 15min in standing position , 15min in a sitting position and 15min of low intensity cycling with a cycling desk.

Then subjects will underwent physical capacity test :

* 6min step test

* Handgrip test

* lower limb strength test Finally, subjects will be equipped with accelerometer and inclinometer device they will need to wore during 7 days.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
50
Inclusion Criteria
  • Healthy volunteer, male or female, between 18 and 61 years old
  • Body mass index > 18,5 kg/m2 and ≤ 25 kg/m2
  • Able to provide informed consent to research participation
  • Registered in the French social security system
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subject using a sit-to-stand office desk or a swiss ball
  • Contact jobs (face-to-face with people)
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Medical or surgical history determined by principal investigator to be not compatible with the study
  • Subject with cardiorespiratory and/or osteo-articular disorders limiting their ability to perform physical tests or the use of active offices
  • Subject with type 1 or type 2 diabetes treated with insulin
  • Subject with progressive cardiovascular or neoplastic disease.
  • Subject with a major infection within 3 months of inclusion.
  • Subject with known neuromuscular pathology: myopathy, myasthenia, rhabdomyolysis, paraplegia, hemiplegia
  • Subject with chronic or acute inflammatory pathology 3 months prior to inclusion

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Healthy volunteerphysical activity-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
energy expenditurechange from baseline to the experimental visit (Day 1)

Using an indirect calorimetry device change in energy expenditure will be assed during the 1h posture /activity allocation (15min sitting, 15min standing, 15min sitting, 15 min low intensity cycling)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
physical activity level (ActiGraph)during the 7 days following the experimental session

using acceleometry device (ActiGraph Gt3x)

physical activity level (ActivPAL)during the 7 days following the experimental session

using accelerometry (ActivPAL)

Body composition : fat mass and fat free massday 0

body composition will be assessed by bioelectrical impedance device (TANITA MC-780MA)

aerobic fitnessduring the experimental session after energy expenditure assessment (day 1)

will be assessed with the Step Test 6 minutes

upper limb strengthduring the experimental session after energy expenditure assessment (Day 1)

will be assessed with handgrip for upper limb muscle

eating profile with DEBQ questionnaire (Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire)during the experimental session before energy expenditure assessment (day 1)

the questionnaire will identify with a scale (items to rank between never and always) three major factors influencing eating behavior "emotional , restrained and external eating". For all items score goes from 0 to 5pts and the lower score the better/healthier.

eating profile with TFEQ questionnaire (Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire)during the experimental session before energy expenditure assessment (day 1)

the questionnaire will identify with a scale (items to rank between never and always) three major eating profiles (cognitive restraint, disinhibition, hunger). For Items 1 to 16 score goes from 4 to 1pts, from items 17-21 score goes from 1 to 4 pts. Global score is calculated the lower the healthier.

lower limb strengthduring the experimental session after energy expenditure assessment (day1)

will be assessed with isokinetic dynamometer

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Clermont-Ferrand

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Clermont-Ferrand, France

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