Is a one-year intervention with Treadmill Desks associated with increased employee daily physical activity and decreased sedentariness. 36 employees with sedentary jobs (87 + 27 kg, BMI 29 + 7 kg/m2) used a Treadmill Desk for one year. Daily Physical Activity, work performance, body composition, and blood variables were measured at Baseline and 6 and 12 months after the Treadmill Desk intervention.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
36
Treadmill Desk were installed in subjects personal workspace.
Treadmill desks were installed in subjects personal workspace six months after phase I started.
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Daily Physical Activity
Measured for all waking hours using tri-axial accelerometry.
Time frame: 1 year
Body Weight
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 12 months
Body Composition
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 12 months
Venous blood
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 12 months
Work performance
Time frame: baseline, 6 months, 12 months
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