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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 6 July 2015
Main ID:  ISRCTN18890982
Date of registration: 20/10/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Department of Medicine (Physiology), University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
Public title: Does ethnicity affect our body?s response to passive physical activity?
Scientific title: Variability in the metabolic and cardiovascular effect of passive physical activity; influence of ethnicity
Date of first enrolment: 01/08/2013
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN18890982
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Single centre randomized interventional study (Screening)  
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Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name: Abdul    Dulloo
Address:  Department of Medicine (Physiology) University of Fribourg Chemin du Musée 5 1700 Fribourg Switzerland
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. 20 ? 40 years old
2. Healthy as determined by medical history
3. European, Asian, African, or Indian ethnicity.
4. Signed consent given

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnancy
2. History of eating disorders
3. History of metabolic diseases (e.g. diabetes)
4. History of cardiovascular disease
5. History of neurological or psychiatric disorders
6. History of gastro-intestinal disorders
7. Any other condition that might impair the subject?s ability to participate in the study


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Passive physical activity
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Intervention(s)
1. Whole Body Vibration. The participant will stand on a vibrating platform. Vibrations will be intermittent, with 10 vibration periods of 30 seconds separated by equal non-vibration periods. The participant will be instructed to hold a hand-rail and semi-flex the knees to prevent transmission of vibrations to the upper body (above the waist).
2. ?Passive Standing?. The participant will lie on a clinical tilting table, which will be slowly inclined in blocks of 20° (resting for 16 minutes at each level of incline) to a maximum of angle of 80 degrees to simulate the standing posture, but with little muscular effort being needed from the subject as their weight is supported by the tilting-table itself.

Each protocol will be conducted twice ? once when the participant is fasted and once after they have eaten a small standardized meal.
Primary Outcome(s)
Energy expenditure will be measured by indirect calorimetry before, during, and after each intervention
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Cardiovascular response (heart rate and blood pressure) and EMG activity will be measured by continuous physiological monitoring before, during and after whole body vibration
2. Body composition will be measured at the start the study
3. Dietary and lifestyle information will be collected by questionnaire
4. Body temperature and habitual physical activity will be measured by wireless physiological monitoring over a period of one week
5. The interaction between each intervention and food will be measured (the protocol will be conducted once in the fasted state, and once after participants have ingested a small, standardized meal)
Secondary ID(s)
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Source(s) of Monetary Support
Department of Medicine, University of Fribourg (Switzerland)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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