Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Musculoskeletal Diseases Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Conditions
Interventions
Usual practice
Intervention
Sponsors
Professor Quinette Louw
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Publicly funded schools with requisite infrastructure in order to conduct the intervention. These infrastructure includes technology for broadcasting the videos during normal teaching time and non-inclined classroom desks.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Schools that are conducting programs aimed at reducing classroom sedentariness or promoting spinal health will be excluded.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| i) adherence to the intervention, and ii) completeness measurements of physical activity, spinal alignment and postural dynamism; iii) barriers to implementation of the intervention, measured using a qualitative process evaluation will be used to inform a definitive trial. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| i) sedentariness measured using activPAL3 micro sensors, and ii) postural dynamism measured using Noraxon Myomotion inertial measurement units which combine triaxial gyroscopes, accelerometers and magnetometers. | — |
Countries
South Africa
Contacts
Public ContactDominic Fisher
Lecturer
Outcome results
None listed