Exercise-snacks at Work: Impact on Cardiometabolic Parameters

NCT ID: NCT05942144

Last Updated: 2025-04-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 23 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-05-16
• Study Completion Date: 2024-07-20

Brief Summary

The main objective is to measure the effects of intense brief exercise program in the workplace of administrative staff on the cardio-metabolic health

Detailed Description

Backgrounds: Very short (< 1 minute) and intense exercises, entitled "exercise-snacks", have been reported to be effective 1) in improving physical fitness over 6 weeks and 2) in improving vascular function and lowering blood glucose levels over one day. These studies were all carried out in the laboratory. The question therefore arises as to whether these acute vascular and metabolic benefits, as well as those on physical fitness, are sustainable over time following a chronic "exercise-snacks" program applicable in the professional environment to sedentary, overweight people.

Aims of this project is therefore to measure the effects of an "exercise-snacks" type physical activity program in the workplace of administrative staff on the cardio-metabolic health and sedentary behaviour of staff.

Conditions

Sedentary Time; Overweight and Obesity; Work-Related Condition

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

Exercise-snacks group

They will perform a "exercise-snacks" program and receive information about physical activity

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise-snacks program

Intervention Type: OTHER

Subjects in the exercise-snacks group will perform 4 "exercise-snacks" sessions per working day for 4 weeks. These sessions will consist of 80 one-to-one walks to be completed as quickly as possible. They will also receive information about their attitudes to physical activity.

Control group

They will maintain their usual lifestyle until the end of the study

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Exercise-snacks program

Subjects in the exercise-snacks group will perform 4 "exercise-snacks" sessions per working day for 4 weeks. These sessions will consist of 80 one-to-one walks to be completed as quickly as possible. They will also receive information about their attitudes to physical activity.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• administrative staff,
• age between 30 and 60,
• body mass index ≥25kg/m²,
• sedentary time ≥7h/day,
• minimum 3 working days on site,
• no known cardiovascular or metabolic pathology, social security affiliation or benefit,
• ability and willingness to give free, written and informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnant or breast-feeding women,
• anti-hypertensive treatment, beta-blockers and anti-diabetics,
• known contraindications to physical activity (articular, cardiac or other),
• exercise-induced asthma,
• lack of motivation of subjects posing problems of compliance and adherence to the exercise program,
• participation in a study in the preceding 3 months, ongoing participation in a clinical trial.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 30 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Avignon

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Agnès VINET

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Avignon University - LaPEC

Locations

Avignon University

Avignon, , France

Countries

France

Other Identifiers

AU-062023-AVJ

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id