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Effects of Substituting Sitting With Standing and Light Intensity Activity in Free-living Conditions on Glycaemia in Overweight and Obese South Asian Adults

The purpose of this study is to examine whether substituting sitting with standing and light-intensity activity in free-living conditions can reduce glycaemia in overweight/obese South Asian adults.

Start: November 2020

Stand Up Kansas: An Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in the Home Work Environment

This project will examine the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce sedentary behavior in Kansas State University employees who are primarily working from home. We will recruit 100 employees to participate. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four conditions: desk only, program only, desk + program, or waitlist control. The program will consist of strategies to reduce sitting and increase physical activity in the home environment. We will assess whether the intervention successfully elicits reductions in sitting among employees, as well as changes in cardiometabolic and work-related outcomes.

Start: October 2020

Exercise Training as an Intervention to Improve Muscle Function and Recovery Following Bed Rest in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes

The purpose of this research is to gather data on how exercise can help recovery of muscle mass, strength, and physical function after bedrest in older adults with type 2 diabetes.

Start: December 2019

The Role of Type 2 Diabetes on Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Recovery Following Bed Rest in Older Adults

The goal of this study is to determine the impact of type 2 diabetes on muscle atrophy during a period of bed rest and recovery of muscle mass, strength, and physical function following bed rest.

Start: March 2019

Increasing Children's Physical Activity by Policy (CAP)

Levels of physical activity (PA) and physical fitness in children are low and declining, both globally and in Sweden. Preschools are important settings with the potential to influence the majority (>93%) of Swedish children's PA behaviors in early stage of life (<5 years). Preschool policy is an organizational level factor associated with children's PA but the casual link remains unclear. A cluster randomized controlled trial will be conducted to explore the feasibility and effectiveness of implementing a policy package for children's PA levels and other relevant health indicators.

Start: October 2020

Mobile Health of Lifestyle to Patients With Cardiac Electronic Implantable Device: Randomized Clinical Trial (MHOL-CEID )

Previous studies suggested that most patients with Cardiac Electronic Implantable devices have a perception of describing the lifestyle due to a limitation of daily activities and physical exercise, besides the consequences in the psychological aspects such as anxiety and depression. The MHOL-CEID is a randomized controlled trial that Verifies the effectiveness of the Mobile Health of lifestyle that focuses on aspects of physical functional, psychosocial, and quality of life of patients with Cardiac Electronic Implantable Device.

Start: May 2018

Exploration of Sedentary Behaviour Among General Practitioners: A Mixed Methods Study

A sequential, mixed-methods study exploring sedentary behaviour among General Practitioners and General Practice Specialty Trainees.

Start: September 2020

The DURATION Study: reDUcing sedentaRy behAviour to Maintain cogniTIve functiON.

Rationale: Older adults spend the majority of their time in sedentary behaviours (SB). High amounts of SB have been correlated with reduced cognitive performance. Long periods of time spent sitting results in excessive glycemic variability, potentially contributing to cognitive decline. Reducing/replacing SB with short intermittent bouts of light physical activity have shown positive effects on glycemic variability. Thus, interrupting prolonged sitting with bouts of light physical activity may regulate blood glucose and thus mitigate cognitive decline. Purpose: This study intends to investigate the appropriate interval frequency of post-prandial SB reduction, by light physical activity needed to optimize total and incremental area under the curve for glucose response in overweight older adults at risk for glucose intolerance with mild cognitive impairment in both lab and free-living environments. Second, this study aims to investigate the acute impact of reducing SB on glycemic variability and its relationship with cognition. Hypothesis: First, there will be a dose-dependent response of more frequent interruptions of SB (more frequent intervals of light physical activity) with better glycemic control. Second, reducing SB will result in less glycemic variability, which will translate into better levels of cognitive performance. Methods: Generalized linear mixed models with random intercepts will be used to evaluate the differential effects of the experimental conditions on the selected outcomes.

Start: January 2021

Training Health Promotion Women Community Leaders

Goal of the Program: To develop personal and group ability for participants in the DPP to plan and implement health promotion programs. Objectives: Develop skills in the planning, implementation, and assessment of community-based health promotion programs Personal, group and community capacity development in health promotion

Start: September 2018

Do Implementation Intentions Increase Average Daily Step Count.

Cardiovascular disease is the second major cause of death for women in Israel and the leading cause of death among women worldwide. Women have higher mortality rates after a coronary or cerebrovascular event compared to men, and receive less attention for prevention and treatment of heart disease. The risk factors for heart disease among women in Israel are high: 53% of women in the State of Israel are overweight or obese and 48% of women do not exercise. Increasing physical activity can lower the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in women. The literature suggests that even minor changes in behavior can reduce the morbidity, mortality and costs to the health care system. Pedometers have proven to be an effective tool for increasing physical activity, and have the potential to create change in health habits. The pedometer measures steps and is a simple measure that gives an estimate of the extent of exercise in terms of steps. The device is simple and user-friendly and serves as an indicator of movement as a result of health choices. The literature shows that when pedometers are integrated into a support program, they provide an incentive to increase physical activity. Supporting software includes, among other things - choosing personal goals, close tracking, and self-tracking and re balancing systems. "Implementation intention" is a strategy in the form of an "if-then plan" that can increase the likelihood of attaining one's goals. It is different than specifying a goal intentions as it specifies the when, where and how portions of goal-directed behavior. This study seeks to compare the increase in steps in participants randomly assigned in a 2:2:1 allocation to a goal-setting pedometer intervention, a goal-setting plus implementation intentions pedometer intervention vs pedometer only.

Start: October 2014

Urinary Incontinence and Sedentary Behaviour in Nursing Homes

The increase of the older adult population in the past years has generated an important impact on chronic conditions and geriatric syndromes like dementia, falls and urinary incontinence (UI). To better understand IU seems warranted because of its socioeconomic and health impact. Nursing home (NH) residents are the frailest segment of our population, with very low physical activity levels and highly sedentary. Several studies had shown that physical activity levels and time and patterns of sedentary behaviour (SB) are independent risk factors for many health issues. As far as the investigators know, there is no evidence supporting the relation between IU and SB, and no information about the incidence of IU in NH residents living in Catalonia (Spain). This project consists of two stages: stage 1 will conduct a cross-sectional study using mixed methodology (qualitative and quantitative), and a 2-year longitudinal study (stage 2). Stage 1 has the main objective of verifying the prevalence of IU and its associated factors in NH residents in Barcelona (Spain), as well as analyse the association between IU (and their types) with SB time and patterns. In addition, the proportion of geriatric residents who receive control measures for their IU, and whether they receive SB-related interventions from health professionals of the institution will be also explored. Finally, the investigators aim to understand the experience of NH residents and the health professionals who care for them about the characteristics, burden and barriers of having IU. Stage 2 has the main objective to verify the incidence of the functional and continence decline, falls, hospitalizations and mortality, as well as their predictive factors in older care/nursing home residents in Barcelona (Spain). Specific objetives are to assess the evolution of each activity of daily living and the causes of hospitalization and death in geriatrics residents for a period of 2 years and to verify the incidence of recurrent falls (one or more falls), and analyse the consequences of falls (fractures, hospitalizations, among others) among the residents. Potential risk and protective factors for mortality due to COVID-19 and its impact on functioning and hospitalizations will also be analyzed. Finally, the stage 2 of the project aims at creating a specific instrument for the evaluation of frailty in institutionalized older people, based on the main predictive factors of functional decline.

Start: February 2020

Social Marketing in Prevention Actions

Physical Activity (PA) is recognized as the most effective method to prevent falls in the elderly. Yet despite there being a consensus now that Physical Activity (PA) is effective in practice, there remain many obstacles to participation and attendance resulting in Physical Activity (PA) approaches designed to prevent falls actually only benefiting a limited number of elderly subjects. Social marketing has already shown its utility in the construction of prevention programs.

Start: March 2020

Low- Load- High- Repetitions Training Versus Pilates on Physical Fitness in Inactive Women

Low-weight-high-repetitions (LWHR) programs constitute a popular group-based form of exercise for the general population, accompanied by various health benefits for the participants. However, the effect of such programs on cardiorespiratory fitness is still controversial. The aim of the current study was to examine the effects of a 3-month LWHR group exercise program vs pilates on cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition and overall health on previously inactive adult women.

Start: January 2018

Stand if You Can: A Standing Intervention in Long Term Care

It is currently unknown if reducing sitting time, an activity that is highly prevalent in frail older adults living in long term care (LTC) facilities, is associated with an improvement in physical capacity such as walking speed. Simple tasks such as walking speed is associated with important outcomes for residents in LTC such as autonomy and hospitalization. The investigators hypothesize that standing an additional 100 minutes per week for 5 months will result in a clinically meaningful improvement in walking speed (0.1m/sec) in LTC residents compared to residents receiving a sitting social activity.

Start: April 2019

Can an Action-based Help-sheet Help People to Move More and Sit Less.

Implementation intentions support people to turn intentions into action, and "Volitional Help-Sheets" are a tool which helps people to form implementation intentions. The study will recruit participants from secondary and tertiary mental health services. The participants will be randomised to one of two groups. Participants in Group 1, the control group, will receive the Volitional Help-Sheet (psychoeducational self-help sheet) but not form implementation intentions. Participants in Group 2, the experimental condition, will use the Volitional Help-Sheet to form implementation intentions. Participants will then complete an acceptability and feasibility measure. At follow up, participants will repeat baseline measures. The feasibility and acceptability of using a Volitional Help-Sheet to form implementation intentions to help people using secondary and tertiary care mental health services to reduce sedentary behaviour will be evaluated.

Start: March 2020

Interrupting Prolonged Sitting With Periodic Interval Exercise: Effect on Postprandial Lipemia

Investigating the effects of interrupting various lengths of prolonged sitting with bike sprints on post prandial lipemia the next day. We will conduct three trials, one control, one with two-hour sitting intervals (total of 4 bouts of bike sprints) and one with 6-hour sitting intervals I total of two bouts of bike sprints). A milkshake high fat tolerance test will be conducted the next day and whole body fat oxidation as well as triglyceride area under the curve will be measured every hour for the duration of the 6-hour test.

Start: January 2020

Effects of Cycling Workstation on Cardiometabolic Health for Workers With an Office-sitting Desk (REMOVE)

The recent literature has highlighting the importance of the time of inactivity 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 (treadmill, cycling, stepping) because they reduce sedentary time at work and increase physical activity with positive effects on the global health. If active workstations have demonstrated their effectiveness with overweight or obese people by increasing daily energy expenditure, their interest in prevention in normal weight people is less known. In addition, the long-term effectiveness of a program of reactivation by active workstation on biological parameters, quantitative and qualitative time of sedentary behaviour (duration, number of breaks) and physical fitness was not assessed. The main objective of this project is to study the effects of the use of a cycling workstation for 60 minutes per day (30 minutes twice a day) for 3 months among professionals with an office-sitting desk on overall quantity of physical activity time (work and non-work) and sedentary time.

Start: January 2020

The Effect of Sitting and Moderate Exercise on Plasma Insulin and Glucose Responses to an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

The investigators hypothesize that cycling for 1 hour of exercise at 65% peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak) after sitting >13 hr/day (SIT+EX) will not be different in postprandial plasma insulin responses compared to the control of only sitting (SIT). Furthermore, the investigators hypothesize that the SIT and SIT+EX groups will have a less favorble insulin response compared to the physically active group after performing the same 1-hour exercise bout (ACTIVE+EX).

Start: September 2019

Effects of HIIT on Metabolic Syndrome

The project aims to find out the differences between two different types of structured training interventions have on the lipid profile of persons with diagnosed dyslipidemia. Each training intervention will last for 12 weeks. Subjects participating in the project will undergo a series of tests before and after the training intervention which will allow us to make conclusions.

Start: November 2019

Sedentary Behavior Breaks With Isometric Exercise in Cardiovascular Health Indicators

The goal of this study is to analyze the chronic effects of sedentary behavior breaks using the leg extension isometric exercise in the cardiovascular health indicators of healthy adults exposed to prolonged time in the sitting position. The patients recruited will be randomized into two groups: leg extension isometric training (TIE) and control group (CG). The TIE group will perform 12 weeks of isometric training. The CG will be advised not to change their routine activities, especially diet and physical activities.In the pre and post-intervention periods cardiovascular measures will be obtained.

Start: May 2019