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. 2016 Mar 17;2016(3):CD010912. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010912.pub3
Trial name or title
Methods Random allocation
Recruitment: not yet recruiting
Participants Population: office‐based workers aged 18 years and over, working at least 0.6 full time equivalent
Interventions The organisational plus technology support intervention lasts for 8 weeks and consists of the following components:
  • a participant information session (30‐45 minutes)

  • an electronic information booklet

  • a unit representatives' consultation workshop (2‐4 hours)

  • the training of team managers

  • PLUS technology support: participants will wear a LUMOback posture sensor device around their waists for 8 weeks


Control: will receive all the elements of the intervention except PLUS technology support.
Outcomes Primary outcome
  • Daily sitting time and workplace sitting time assessed objectively using an activPAL accelerometer‐inclinometers


Secondary outcomes
  • Mediators and moderators of any change

  • Reliability and validity of the LUMOback

  • Standing and moving time (a) at the workplace and (b) across the day

Starting date It is unclear whether the study has started despite mentioning anticipated date of first participant enrolment 17/03/2014. The study registration has not been updated.
Contact information Genevieve Healy, email: g.healy@uq.edu.au
Notes Primary sponsor: University Cancer Prevention Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Australia