Stand up for your health: The short-term effects of breaking up prolonged sitting on glucose control

Stand Up For Your Health: The acute effects of breaking up seated office work with standing or light-intensity walking on interstitial glucose concentration

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN48132950

Enrollment

Registered

2016-02-25

Start date

2014-06-19

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-06-18

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Conditions

Interstitial glucose control Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Interstitial glucose control

Interventions

Each participant is visited at their workplace on three separate days over a period of a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and perform three five-hour trial conditions in a random order Uninterrupt

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Between 45 and 65 years of age 2. Employed full-time in an entirely sedentary or semi-sedentary occupation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnancy 2. Clinically diagnosed diabetes 3. Non-English speaking 4. Taking lipid-lowering medication 5. Major illness or injury (acute or chronic)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Interstitual glucose concentration is measure using a continuous glucose monitoring system (CGMS) for the duration of the study (five days). The data recorded is used to calculate postprandial and preprandial interstitial glucose incremental area under the curve (iAUC) after each of the five-hour trial conditions.	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026