Rapid Optimisation of Performance Enhancement and Skill (ROPES)
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: ROPES Training Programme.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Sedentary Lifestyle. Basic parameters: 21 years — 70 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Singapore
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
The Effectiveness of Rapid Optimisation of Performance Enhancement and Skill (ROPES) as an Exercise Training Programme for Sedentary Health Care Staff
Overview
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.
Detailed description
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.
Interventions
- 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.
Primary outcome measures
- Physical work capacity [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Muscular Strength [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks]
- BMI [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks]
- Body Fat [Time frame: From enrollment to the end of study at 8 weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 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)
Exclusion criteria
- 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.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
Singapore · 1 center
- Singapore General Hospital — Singapore
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06754007 · 2024-3861