An interventional study of ROPES Training Programme in Sedentary Lifestyle, sponsored by Singapore General Hospital. Recruiting at 1 site in Singapore. Open to participants aged 21 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-14.
Sponsored by Singapore General Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care
Despite innate knowledge of the benefits of regular physical activity, healthcare workers are just as physically inactive as the general population. Physical activity interventions delivered at the workplace seem perfect to improve the health of this large population.
The aim of the study is to deliver an efficacious, minimal time impost training program targeted at optimising health benefit while overcoming time-related barriers to initial uptake of regular exercise.
To evaluate the effectiveness of a 4-week, easily accessible, time-optimised exercise program (ROPES - Rapid Optimisation of Performance Enhancement and Skill) for healthcare workers.
60 staff recruited from Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will be randomly assigned into 2 groups, CONTROL or ROPES group. The ratio to intervention and control group is at 1:1. The staff will be assigned to each group respectively.
368 studies on the registry are indexed under Sedentary Behavior; 165 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 60 is below the median of 70 across 314 interventional studies indexed under Sedentary Behavior.
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30 participants will be randomised into the CONTROL group and will continue to perform their normal activities. They will only be required to keep a log of their exercise intensity for each week over the 4-week period and record them on an online diary. The exercise log/diary consists of type of exercise, e.g. resistance or aerobic and duration of exercise session.
The intervention is a 4-week training exercise program conducted by trained Physiotherapists.
Procedure: ROPES Training Programme
ROPES is a training programme that involves resistance training, whole-body exercises and HIIT aerobic sessions with each session lasting no longer than 45 minutes.
Physical work capacity
A standard physical work capacity test based on the linear relationship between heart rate, power output and oxygen consumption will estimate the work capacity. The higher the heart rate, the better the physical work capacity. Minimum value of heart rate is 155 bpm and maximum value is 199 bpm.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks
Muscular Strength
Handgrip strength will be measured using a hand-held dynamometer to determine functional strength.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks
BMI
Height and weight will be measured on a body fat analyser and will be combined to report the BMI in kg/m\^2.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks
Body Fat
Body fat will be measured on a body composition analyser and will be reported in percentage %.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks
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