StrengthNCT07086885
Strength Training Intervention for Hybrid Workers
A study testing Resistance band training in people with Strength and Productivity, run by University of Glasgow at 1 site in United Kingdom.
Trial 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. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 16 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Strength, Productivity, Stress
- What is being tested?
- Resistance band training
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 50 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited Kingdom
- Study dates
- 3 Jun 2022to 17 Jul 2022
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 16 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 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
Who cannot join
- 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
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Strength Training Intervention for Hybrid Workers: A Randomised Pilot Feasibility Trial
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
- Being tested
- Resistance band training
- Keywords
- Workplace, health promotion, resistance training, stress, productivity, work engagement
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Resistance band trainingBehavioural
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.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | Usual routine |
| Resistance band training | Experimental | Not described Receives: Behavioral: Resistance band training |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Sit to stand
Number of sit to stands in 30 seconds - Higher score are positive
Measured: at baselines and then one week after the intervention ended
Push-up
Number of push ups in 30 seconds - Higher scores are positive
Measured: Baseline and one week after the intervention
Secondary outcomes (3)
Stress
Perceived stress was measured using the 10 item Cohen-Perceived Stress Scale. This instrument is designed to measure psychological stress and to evaluate the stressful situations of daily life by measuring the degree an individual feels their life has been unpredictable, uncontrollable and overloaded during the past month. Questions were rated on a five-point Likert scale ranging from never (0) to almost always (4) with the ratings for each question summed to create an overall stress score. Higher scores indicate more perceived stress with the possible range of summed scores ranging from zero to 40. Scores of 13 are classified as average stress levels and scores of 20 or above indicate high stress levels.
Measured: Baselines until one week after the intervention
Productivity
The Health and Work Questionnaire (HWQ) measures employee productivity and health. The survey consists of 24 questions (3 with sub-questions) used to create an overall HWQ score and six subscales; productivity, concentration/focus, supervisor relations, impatience/irritability, work satisfaction, and non-work satisfaction. Questions are rated on a 10-point Likert scale from a negative rating (1) to a positive rating (10). Scores for each subscale are calculated from the sum of responses to all the items comprising the subscale divided by the number of items in the subscale. An overall HWQ score is produced from the average of all six subscales. Scores closer to 10 indicate desirable productivity outcomes.
Measured: Baselines until one week after the intervention
Work engagement
The Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES) measures work engagement, which can be described as the opposite of burnout. The UWES-17 consists of 17 statements used to create an overall engagement score and three subscales: vigor, absorption, and dedication. Statements are rated on a 7-point Likert scale from never had this feeling (0) to always every day (6). Scores for each subscale are calculated from the sum of responses to all the items within that subscale, divided by the number of items in the subscale. An overall engagement score is produced from the average of all 17 subscales. Normative scores range from very low to very high, with very low scores for vigor, dedication, absorption and total engagement reported as ≤2.17, ≤1.60, ≤1.60 and ≤1.93, respectively, and very high scores reported as ≥5.61, ≥5.80, ≥5.36 and ≥5.54, respectively.
Measured: Baselines until one week after the intervention
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted25 Jul 2025
- Study start3 Jun 2022
- Primary completion17 Jul 2022
- Study completion17 Jul 2022
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for StrengthStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Glasgow
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Gemma Ryde, University of Glasgow
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07086885
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 200210134
- Status last verified
- Jul 2025
- First submitted
- 18 Jul 2025
- Last updated
- 30 Jul 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Annonymised participant data will be made available by the author upon request.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 30 Jul 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Strength Training Intervention for Hybrid Workers: A Randomised Pilot Feasibility Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07086885
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 200210134
- Conditions
- Strength, Productivity, Stress, Work Engagement
- Keywords
- Workplace, health promotion, resistance training, stress, productivity, work engagement
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 50 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of GlasgowUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 3 Jun 2022 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 17 Jul 2022 (actual)
- Study completion
- 17 Jul 2022 (actual)
- First posted
- 25 Jul 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Control | No intervention | –Usual routine |
| Resistance band training | Experimental | Behavioral: Resistance band training |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 16 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- 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
Key exclusion criteria (5 listed)
- 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
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Resistance band trainingFour-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. | Behavioural | Resistance band training |
Primary outcome
Sit to stand
Time frame: at baselines and then one week after the intervention ended
Number of sit to stands in 30 seconds - Higher score are positive
Push-up
Time frame: Baseline and one week after the intervention
Number of push ups in 30 seconds - Higher scores are positive
3 secondary outcomes
Stress
Time frame: Baselines until one week after the intervention
Productivity
Time frame: Baselines until one week after the intervention
Work engagement
Time frame: Baselines until one week after the intervention
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 30 Jul 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Annonymised participant data will be made available by the author upon request.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Resistance band training in people with Strength and Productivity, run by University of Glasgow at 1 site in United Kingdom.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 5 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 30 Jul 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Sit to stand (time frame: at baselines and then one week after the intervention ended). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 30 Jul 2025.