Rapid Optimisation of Performance Enhancement and Skill (ROPES)

NCT06754007 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 2024-3861
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle

Keywords

Sedentary; healthcare workers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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.

  From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Muscular Strength

  From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks

• BMI

  From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks

• Body Fat

  From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

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.

ROPES

EXPERIMENTAL

The intervention is a 4-week training exercise program conducted by trained Physiotherapists.

Procedure: ROPES Training Programme

Interventions

ROPES Training Programme PROCEDURE

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.

ROPES

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age group: 21 - 70 years old
• All participants must be free of musculoskeletal, surgical and/or neurological injury in the past 6 months.
• Participants not engaged actively in regular exercise i.e. exercises less than once a week and at a duration less than 30 mins per session.
• Healthy with stable management of any existing diabetes, cholesterol and/or hypertension.
• They should have no issues with the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)

You may not qualify if:

• Participants under the age of 21 or over the age of 70
• Newly diagnosed diabetes/metabolic syndrome/high cholesterol or uncontrolled high BP \>160 mmHg and under medical supervision.
• Subjects with cardiovascular conditions and on beta-blockers.
• Subjects who are pregnant or with recent (\< 3 months) diagnosis of a medical condition, especially cardiac-related conditions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Singapore General Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Singapore General Hospital

Singapore, Singapore

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Central Study Contacts

Celia Ia Choo Tan, PhD (Dept of Surgery)

CONTACT

+65 63265281; celia.tan.i.c@singhealth.com.sg

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Principal Physiotherapist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 17, 2024
• First Posted: December 31, 2024
• Study Start: January 2, 2025
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2025
• Study Completion: August 1, 2025
• Last Updated: February 14, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SG (1)