Interrupting Sitting Time in Postmenopausal Women: Protocol for the Rise for Health Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many older adults spend the majority of their waking hours sitting, which increases their risk of chronic diseases. Given the challenges that many older adults face when engaging in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, understanding the health benefits of decreasing sitting time and increasing the number of sit-to-stand transitions is needed to address this growing public health concern.

Objective

The aim of this 3-arm randomized controlled trial is to investigate how changes in sitting time and brief sit-to-stand transitions impact biomarkers of healthy aging and physical, emotional, and cognitive functioning compared with a healthy attention control arm.

Methods

Sedentary and postmenopausal women (N=405) will be recruited and randomly assigned to 1 of

SUBMITTER: Hartman SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8160808 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature