Better Breaks: Strength Breaks vs Walk Breaks for Sedentary Behavior Breaks

Part of paid clinical trials in Palo Alto, California.

Sponsor: Stanford University
Study ID: NCT06909097
Status: Recruiting

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Conditions

Sedentary Employees

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: ALL
Age: 30 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Sitting breaks — BEHAVIORAL
Participants will take 2 minute physical movement breaks throughout a sedentary work day.

Study Details

This study investigates the benefits of two different types of 2 minute activity breaks during sedentary workdays for people who sit for long periods of time in sedentary jobs.

Key Dates

Start date: Oct 5, 2024
Status verified: Sep 2024
Primary completion: Dec 1, 2025
Completion: Mar 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment: 40 participants (estimated)
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Arms

Experimental: Strength Snacks
Participants will do 4 strength snacks throughout each work day, 2 of them post-prandial if possible.
Active Comparator: Walk Snacks
Participants will take 4 x2 minute walk breaks throughout the sedentary workday, two of them post-prandial if possible.

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in average area under the curve for glucose from a 10 day continuous glucose monitors [ Time Frame: from baseline to post (8 weeks) ]

Locations (1)

Facility	City	State	ZIP	Site coordinators
Stanford Prevention Research Center	Palo Alto	California	94304	Marily Oppezzo, PhD, MS, RDN, DipACLM [email protected] xxx-xxx-xxxx Jessie Moore, MS [email protected] xxx-xxx-xxxx Marily Oppezzo, PhD, MS, RDN, DipACLM (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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