Health Effects of Increasing Muscle Activation While Sitting in Office Workers

Inclusion Criteria:

• Both males and females
• Subjects will need to be 18-55 years old
• Subjects will need to be sitting at least 6 hours/day on 5 days/week
• Subjects will need to be exercising less than 5 hour/week

Exclusion Criteria:

• Females that are pregnant or breast-feeding.

• Subjects must be free from any acute or chronic physical condition that would influence the outcome measures of the protocol. Examples include, but are not limited to advanced chronic disease states (chronic kidney, liver, heart, or lung disease), morbid obesity, emphysema, and an inability to use the legs for normal locomotion. Normality will be established on the basis of clinical history, physical exam, and vital signs. Any subject with a history of an uncontrolled metabolic disorder/disease or symptoms of active illness will be excluded from study. Any subject with a history of an uncontrolled metabolic disorder/disease such as diabetes (Type I or Type II) or symptoms of active illness will be excluded from study.

  • Subjects will be excluded if they have a fasted blood glucose level >126 mg/dl or a systolic blood pressure >140 mmHg.
• Medical/psychiatric/sleep disorders history: any clinically significant unstable medical or psychological condition within the last year (treated or untreated).

• Drug use:

  • Use of any medications, including over-the-counter and herbal products, that may affect metabolic function within 1 month prior to the study or need to use any of these medications at any time during the study (self-report by interview). Examples of potential medications that will exclude a subject include: beta-adrenergic blockers, sulfonylureas, biguanides, thiazolidinediones, alpha-glucosidase inhibitors, meglitinides, and dipeptidyl peptidase IV inhibitors. Note, subjects may be tested at a later date.
  • Use of any investigational drug within 1 month before the study