Trial name or title | The Inphact treadmill study |
Methods | Random allocation Location: Sweden Recruitment: Recruitment and screening of participants has been completed. |
Participants | Population description: Healthy overweight and obese office workers (n = 80) with mainly sedentary tasks will be recruited from office workplaces in Umeå, Sweden. |
Interventions | The intervention group will receive a health consultation and a treadmill desk, which they will use for at least one hour per day for 13 months. Control: The control group will receive the same health consultation, but continue to work at their regular workstations. |
Outcomes |
Primary outcome: Physical activity and sedentary time during workdays and non‐workdays as well as during working and non‐working hours on workdays will be measured objectively using accelerometers (Actigraph and activPAL) at baseline and after 2, 6, 10, and 13 months of follow‐up. Secondary outcome: Food intake will be recorded and metabolic and anthropometric variables, body composition, stress, pain, depression, anxiety, cognitive function, and functional magnetic resonance imaging will be measured at 3–5 time points during the study period. |
Starting date | November 2013 |
Contact information | Tommy Olsson, email: tommy.g.olsson@umu.se |
Notes | Sponsors: Not reported |