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title: Effect of Daily Stair Walking on Cardiovascular Health
nct_id: NCT01293253
overall_status: COMPLETED
phase: NA
sponsor: National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
study_type: INTERVENTIONAL
primary_condition: Cardiovascular Health
countries: Denmark
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ct_last_update_post_date: 2011-10-31
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# Effect of Daily Stair Walking on Cardiovascular Health

**Official Title:** Danish: Integreret Motion på Arbejdspladsen (IRMA) English: Implementation of Exercise at the Workplace

**NCT ID:** [NCT01293253](https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT01293253)

## Key Facts

- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study Type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Target Enrollment:** 150
- **Lead Sponsor:** National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark
- **Conditions:** Cardiovascular Health
- **Start Date:** 2011-03
- **Completion Date:** 2011-09
- **CT.gov Last Update:** 2011-10-31

## Brief Summary

Many adults find it difficult to perform physical exercise during leisure. The workplace may provide an optimal setting to encourage a healthier lifestyle. This study investigates the effect of daily stair walking at the workplace on cardiovascular health.

The main hypothesis is that daily stair walking for 10 weeks compared with a control group results in increased aerobic fitness.

## Eligibility

- **Minimum age:** 18 Years
- **Maximum age:** 67 Years
- **Sex:** ALL
- **Healthy Volunteers:** Yes

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Inclusion Criteria:

* office worker

Exclusion Criteria:

* life threatening disease
* pregnancy
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## Arms

- **Stair walking** (EXPERIMENTAL) — Participants of this group is encouraged to use the stairs for 10 minutes a day at the workplace
- **Control** (ACTIVE_COMPARATOR) — Receives a health examination before and after the intervention period, and are advised to stay active

## Interventions

- **Stair walking** (BEHAVIORAL) — Participants of the stair group is encouraged to use the stairs for 10 minutes a day at the workplace. Participants of the control group receive a health examination before and after the intervention period, and are advised to stay active

## Primary Outcomes

- **Aerobic fitness** _(time frame: before and after the 10 week intervention)_ — Watt-max test on a Monark bicycle ergometer

## Secondary Outcomes

- **Blood pressure** _(time frame: before and after the 10 week intervention)_
- **Questionnaire-based data** _(time frame: before and after the 10 week intervention)_
- **Heart Rate Variability** _(time frame: Before and after the 10 week intervention)_

## Locations (1)

- Lægemiddelstyrelsen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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