How Does Implementing a GetUp Assist Device in Addition to a Daily Low-intensity Functional or Traditional Training Program Affect Norwegian Female Office Workers' Physical Health After 12 Weeks?

Effects of Low-Intensity Office Training and Standing Work on Health and Functional Performance Among Female Computer Users: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

This study aims to quantify the effect of daily transition routines between sitting and standing behaviour with an additional daily low-intensity traditional or functional training program on the physical health of sedentary Norwegian female workers after 12 weeks of implementation into their working environment.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Neck, Shoulder and Arm Syndrome
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Experimental, comparator and control

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 58
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Norway
  • Nord-Trøndelag
    • Steinkjer, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, 7711
      • SSA Steinkjer

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Females are included in this study due to the approximately twice-high prevalence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders.
• No experience with office fit training or participation in an ongoing similar training intervention is allowed.
• Working more than 6 hours a day at a computer workstation
• Physical inactivity (less than two sessions or bouts of exercise totalling 30 minutes/week).
• Musculoskeletal complaints are accepted as long as the pain is not a restricting factor. when performing the testing and training intervention exercises.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants not able to perform the testing battery.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Other
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Negative control; Control group. A group that is not treated.
Experimental: Functional training group; Functional training group that will perform a short, low-intensity, 10-minute hole-body exercise program per day before the lunch break, in addition to following the getup assistance during the working day.	Other: Experimental, comparator and control; How does implementing a GetUp Assist device in addition to a daily low-intensity functional or traditional training program affect Norwegian female office workers' physical health after 12 weeks?
Active Comparator: Traditional training group; Traditional training group that will perform a short, low-intensity, 10-minute hole-body exercise program per day before the lunch break, in addition to following the getup assistance during the working day.	Other: Experimental, comparator and control; How does implementing a GetUp Assist device in addition to a daily low-intensity functional or traditional training program affect Norwegian female office workers' physical health after 12 weeks?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Norwegian Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)	Measure (i) physical function, (ii) Energy/fatigue, (iii) pain, and (iv) general health	3 months
Neck and shoulder trouble questionnaire from the Nordic musculoskeletal questionnaire	Measure neck-shoulder discomfort	3 months
Numeric rating scale	Measure neck-shoulder discomfort from 0-10 scale, with zero meaning "no pain" and 10 meaning "the worst pain imaginable	3 months
Y-balance test	Quantify dynamic postural control	3 months
The Danish step test	Estimating cardiorespiratory fitness	3 months
Chair-sit-and-reach test	Measuring hamstrings flexibility	3 months
Back scratch test	Measuring upper-body/ shoulder flexibility	3 months
CS-30 test	Measuring lower-body strength	3 months
Hand Grip Strength test	Measuring hand Grip Strength	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Aalborg University
• Collaborators: The Research Council of Norway

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): September 2, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 22, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): December 22, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 8, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 13, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): June 17, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 24, 2026
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 22, 2026
• Last Verified: February 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 438957

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No