NCT03941145

Effectiveness of a Novel Workplace-based Exercise Intervention: a Pilot Study

Completed NA Last updated 24 March 2020

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Reduced-Exertion High-Intensity Interval Training (REHIT) in Health Behavior in 23 participants. Completed in 13 November 2019.

Timeline

1 May 2019

Primary endpoint
13 September 2019

13 November 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Stirling
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	23
Start date	1 May 2019
Primary completion	13 September 2019
Estimated completion	13 November 2019
Sites	1 location across United Kingdom

Drugs / interventions tested

• Reduced-Exertion High-Intensity Interval Training (REHIT)

Conditions studied

• Health Behavior — all drugs for Health Behavior →

Sponsor

University of Stirling

Who can join

Adults 18 to 60, any sex, with Health Behavior. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Sufficient physical activity and a good cardiorespiratory fitness level (CRF) are central in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk reduction. However, many people remain inactive, partly because current exercise recommendations fail to address important barriers to exercise. A novel exercise protocol has previously been developed called 'reduced-exertion high-intensity interval training' (REHIT), which can remove several common perceived barriers to exercise. REHIT 1) improves CRF and other key CVD risk factors, 2) is genuinely time-efficient (total time-commitment of just 2x10 min per week), 3) is well-tolerated, manageable, and not associated with negative affective responses, and 4) can be done in the workplace, in work-clothes and without a need to shower afterwards. To date, this intervention has only been investigated in a lab-setting. Therefore, in the present randomised controlled trial, the 'real-world' effectiveness of REHIT in improving maximal aerobic capacity (V̇O2max; a key risk factors of CVD) will be investigated in a workplace setting. Participants' attitudes and psychological responses to REHIT will be assessed to evaluate the likelihood of successful implementation. In 2 study centres, a total of up to n=50 physically inactive male and female office workers will be recruited to perform 6 weeks of unsupervised, computer-guided, office-based REHIT (n=25) or act as a control (n=25).

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Time-efficient and computer-guided sprint interval exercise training for improving health in the workplace: a randomised mixed-methods feasibility study in office-based employees.
   Metcalfe RS, Atef H, Mackintosh K, McNarry M, et al · · 2020 · cited 25× · PMID 32164631 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-020-8444-z