Strength Training Intervention for Hybrid Workers

NCT07086885 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 200210134
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

What Is This Study About? To find out if a short, easy-to-do resistance band workout can help people who work both at home and in the office feel stronger, less stressed, and more productive. What Can Be learnt?

• Can doing resistance band exercises make people physically stronger?
• Can it help reduce stress and improve how well people work? How Will the Study Work? Two groups will be compared:
• One group will do resistance band exercises.
• The other group won't change anything in their routine. What Will Participants Do?
• A 15-minute resistance band workout three times a week for four weeks
• Complete a short strength test and survey before and after the 4 weeks
• Send in a weekly training diary by email

Conditions

Strength; Productivity; Stress; Work Engagement

Keywords

Workplace; health promotion; resistance training; stress; productivity; work engagement

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Sit to stand

  Number of sit to stands in 30 seconds - Higher score are positive

  at baselines and then one week after the intervention ended

• Push-up

  Number of push ups in 30 seconds - Higher scores are positive

  Baseline and one week after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Stress

  Baselines until one week after the intervention

• Productivity

  Baselines until one week after the intervention

• Work engagement

  Baselines until one week after the intervention

Study Arms (2)

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Usual routine

Resistance band training

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Resistance band training

Interventions

Resistance band training BEHAVIORAL

Four-week resistance band training intervention (15 mins 3x per week). Written and video instructions on the exercises were provided inlcuding guidance on increasing resistance over the weeks.

Resistance band training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• working from home in the United Kingdom
• working from home 3 or more days per week
• performing less than 2 days per week of muscle strengthening exercise

You may not qualify if:

• Not working from home
• Working outside the United Kingdom
• performing more than 2 days per week of muscle strengthening exercise
• on holiday during the study
• answered yes to any of the questions in the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Glasgow: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Glasgow

Glasgow, G12 8QQ, United Kingdom

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Lecturer

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 18, 2025
• First Posted: July 25, 2025
• Study Start: June 3, 2022
• Primary Completion: July 17, 2022
• Study Completion: July 17, 2022
• Last Updated: July 30, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL
• Time Frame: Data and study protocol will be made available as part of publication.

Locations

GB (1)