The Effect of Sit-Stand Workstations on Physical Activity in Sedentary Office Workers

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sedentary

Treatments: Other: Sit-Stand Desk

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01863056

1112M07302

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study was to determine whether the installation of sit-stand work stations could lead to decreased sedentary time and increased physical activity during the workday among sedentary office workers.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Mostly sedentary (sitting ≥ 4 hour) during the workday.
• Age ≥ 18
• Anticipated using a single computer workstation for 20 hours or more per week

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to stand for at least two hours per workday (two hours over the whole workday, not consecutively)
• Reported severe musculoskeletal symptoms, specifically lower extremity or lower back pain.
• Diagnosed with or under treatment for diabetes, heart disease, cancer, orthostatic hypertension, varicose vein, autoimmune disease, or other chronic diseases.
• Pregnant women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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29 participants in 2 patient groups

Sit-Stand Desk

Experimental group

Description:

Cross-over trial: so one group got the intervention in period 1 and didn't get the intervention in period 2 (serving as control for self in period 2) and the other group got the intervention in period 2 and didn't get the intervention in period 1 (serving as control for self in period 1).

Treatment:

Other: Sit-Stand Desk

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Used normal work desk which only allows working sitting down