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Registration number
ACTRN12615001189516
Ethics application status
Approved
Date submitted
11/10/2015
Date registered
4/11/2015
Date last updated
26/11/2015
Type of registration
Prospectively registered
Titles & IDs
Public title
Breaking Up Sitting Time after Stroke (BUST-Stroke)
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Scientific title
Breaking up Sitting Time after Stroke (BUST-Stroke): A randomised within-participant cross-over study to determine the metabolic effects of breaking up uninterrupted sitting time in stroke survivors.
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Secondary ID [1]
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Nil
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Universal Trial Number (UTN)
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Trial acronym
BUST Stroke
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Linked study record
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Stroke
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Condition category
Condition code
Stroke
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Ischaemic
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Stroke
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Haemorrhagic
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Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
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Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Two different experimental conditions:
1. Prolonged sitting (8 hours) during which every 30mins participants will perform exercises in standing for 3 minutes (ie. calf raises, knee lifts semi-squats).
2. Prolonged sitting (8 hours) during which every 30mins participants will walk for 3 minutes.
Activities, time on task during the activity bouts, toilet breaks and any deviations from protocol for each condition will be recorded in the participant's Case Report Form by the research assistant.
There will be a 6 day wash out period between each conditions.
Breakfast will be provided for each participant at approx 8.30am and lunch approx 4 hours later. Each meal provided will contain approximately one third of the participant’s energy requirements and the full day’s meals combined will have a macronutrient profile in line with the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Ranges as recommended by the Nutrient Reference Values for Australians and New Zealanders. Carbohydrate contribution will constitute approximately 55% of energy in order to elicit an adequate glucose and insulin response.
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Intervention code [1]
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Treatment: Other
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Comparator / control treatment
Prolonged sitting (8 hours) without interruption
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Control group
Active
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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Within-participant, between condition differences in post-prandial glucose (incremental area under the curve) by blood sample.
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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Every hour during each 8 hour condition.
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Primary outcome [2]
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Insulin control by blood sample.
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Assessment method [2]
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Timepoint [2]
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Every hour during each 8 hour condition.
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Secondary outcome [1]
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Within-participant, between condition differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressure as measured using a sphygmomanometer.
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Assessment method [1]
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Timepoint [1]
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Every half hour during each 8 hour condition.
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Secondary outcome [2]
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Plasma fibrinogen assessed by blood sample
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Assessment method [2]
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Timepoint [2]
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Begin and end of each 8 hour condition.
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Secondary outcome [3]
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Feasibility (adherence to protocol) by 1. number of participants completing each condition with few deviations from protocol within each condition and throughout the duration of the study and 2. low scores on the Degree of Difficulty Scale completed by each participant after each testing day.
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Assessment method [3]
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Timepoint [3]
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Continuous monitoring of adherence throughout each testing day and the overall duration of the study.
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Stroke survivors who are:
*Greater than or equal to 6 months post-stroke with moderate walking disability as defined as
*score of =2 on the Functional Ambulation Classification (ie. require the assistance of less than or equal to 1 person to safely walk) AND
*walking speed between 0.4 to 0.8m/s
*able to toilet independently and
*able to stand from sitting from a lounge chair independently or with minimal assistance of less than or equal to 1 person
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Minimum age
18
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Maximum age
No limit
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
*employment in a non-sedentary occupation (ie. non-office based occupation),
*self-reported < 4 hours/day sitting
*regularly engaged in physical activity (ie. greater than or equal to 150min/week) as assessed by self-report
*BMI > 45kg/m2
*current smoker
*pregnant
*clinically diagnosed with acute/chronic illness or other condition which has known physical activity contraindications or limits their ability to complete the each experimental condition (ie. chronic low back pain aggravated by prolonged sitting)
*urinary frequency and or urinary urgency or requiring assistance with toileting (other than to mobilise to the toilet) and
*insulin dependent diabetes or who are taking diabetes medication other than metformin.
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Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
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Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
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Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Yes, via sequentially numbered sealed opaque envelopes.
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Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
The order of the experimental conditions will be randomised for each participant. Permuted block randomisation will be used. A person independent to the trial will prepare a set of sequentially numbered, sealed, numbered opaque envelopes which contain the experimental condition sequence. At the end of each participation’s familiarisation visit the research assistant will open the next envelope in the sequence to reveal the randomisation schedule.
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Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
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Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people assessing the outcomes
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Intervention assignment
Crossover
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Other design features
Note: blinding will only be possible for the analyses of blood samples. This will occur by creating codes for the conditions which will be unknown to the person conducting the assays.
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Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
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Type of endpoint/s
Safety/efficacy
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Statistical methods / analysis
The study is powered to detect clinically meaningful differences in post-prandial glucose and insulin incremental area under the curve. Based on previous mean changes (10% for glucose and 60% for insulin, Dunstan 2012b), estimates of population variability (SD 1% glucose and 30% insulin) and assuming a correlation coefficient of 0.5 between repeated measures, 19 paired observations (ie participants) will achieve a power of 0.9 to detect smallest worthwhile effect (two tailed testing, a=0.05).
Differential effects of the experimental conditions on cardio-metabolic biomarkers will be assessed using generalised linear mixed models with random intercepts (recommended best practice for cross-over trials). Safety and feasibility outcomes will be analysed descriptively, and by comparing odds of adverse events across experimental conditions.
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
Not yet recruiting
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Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
8/12/2015
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Actual
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Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
12/09/2016
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Actual
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Date of last data collection
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Actual
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Sample size
Target
19
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Accrual to date
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Final
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
NSW
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Recruitment postcode(s) [1]
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2305 - New Lambton
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Recruitment postcode(s) [2]
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2300 - Newcastle
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Recruitment postcode(s) [3]
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2327 - Kurri Kurri
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Recruitment postcode(s) [4]
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2283 - Toronto
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Funding & Sponsors
Funding source category [1]
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Charities/Societies/Foundations
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Name [1]
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National Stroke Foundation
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Address [1]
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LEVEL 7 461 BOURKE STREET, Melbourne Victoria 3000
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Primary sponsor type
University
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Name
University of Newcastle
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Address
University Drive
Callaghan NSW 2308
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Country
Australia
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Secondary sponsor category [1]
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Charities/Societies/Foundations
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Name [1]
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National Stroke Foundation
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Address [1]
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LEVEL 7 461 BOURKE STREET, Melbourne Victoria 3000
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Other collaborator category [1]
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Other
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Name [1]
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Hunter Medical Research Institute
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Address [1]
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Kookaburra Crt
New Lambton Heights
NSW 2305
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Country [1]
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Australia
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Other collaborator category [2]
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Other
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Name [2]
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Baker Institute of Diabetes International
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Address [2]
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Level 4, 99 Commercial Rd, Melbourne, VIC, 3004 Australia
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Country [2]
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Australia
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Other collaborator category [3]
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Other
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Name [3]
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Florey Neuroscience Institutes
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Address [3]
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Level 1, Melbourne Brain Centre, Austin Hospital, 245 Burgundy St, Heidelberg VIC 3084 Australia.
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Country [3]
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Australia
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status
Approved
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Ethics committee name [1]
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Hunter New England Health Human Research Ethics Committee
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Ethics committee address [1]
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District Headquarters, Administration Building
Lookout Road,
New Lambton NSW 2305
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Ethics committee country [1]
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Australia
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Date submitted for ethics approval [1]
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29/09/2015
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Approval date [1]
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13/11/2015
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Ethics approval number [1]
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15/10/21/4.05
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Summary
Brief summary
People who have had a stroke and are living at home spend 75% of their waking hours sitting down, which is much higher than people of a similar age without stroke. Spending long periods of time sitting down each day increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, including stroke, putting this population at particularly high risk. About a third of people who have had one stroke will have a second or third stroke, so it is important that we look for ways to reduce this risk. In studies of people without stroke, breaking up prolonged sitting time with regular activity breaks (walking or simple strengthening exercises) leads to significant reductions in cardiovascular disease risk factors such as glucose metabolism and blood pressure. The effects of breaking up sitting time in people with stroke, and the optimal type of activity break for this group is not known. Not getting enough physical activity is the second highest risk factor for stroke, but achieving the recommended amount of daily physical activity, particularly for those people who find it difficult to walk, is near impossible for many stroke survivors. Therefore, reducing sitting time is a promising, innovative, low cost intervention to reduce the risk of having another stroke. We will conduct a study that will help us to understand the impact of prolonged sitting time on stroke risk factors, and will assess the effectiveness of two ways of regularly breaking up sitting time in people with stroke. We will recruit 19 stroke survivors who have difficulty walking. Each survivor will complete all 3 experimental conditions in a random order, under the direct supervision of research staff at HMRI. The 3 conditions will be (1) prolonged sitting without breaks (control), (2) breaking up sitting time by walking at a comfortable speed overground (ie not on a treadmill) for 3 minutes every 30 minutes, and (3) breaking up sitting time with 3 minutes of simple exercises in standing every 30 minutes. Participating stroke survivors will have blood samples taken at regular intervals throughout the duration of the study, and will have their blood pressure continually monitored. Our study outcome measures will include glucose and insulin measures (primary), blood pressure, plasma fibrinogen (secondary) as well as safety and feasibility indicators.
This study will be first to assess the effects of breaking up prolonged sitting time in people with stroke. We aim to build on this work in the future by testing different types of activity breaks (eg standing only, seated exercises) at varying frequencies and durations in different sub-groups of stroke survivors (eg people who walk well, and those that cannot walk at all). BUST-Stroke will also inform future research to assess the effect of reducing daily sitting time in people both early (in hospital) and later after stroke.
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Trial website
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Trial related presentations / publications
None
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Public notes
None
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Contacts
Principal investigator
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A/Prof Coralie English
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Address
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Hunter Medical Research Institute, Stroke Research Team Level 3 East, Lot 1, Kookaburra Circuit, New Lambton Heights, NSW, 2305 Australia
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 2 4913 8102
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Fax
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for public queries
Name
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A/Prof Coralie English
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Address
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Hunter Medical Research Institute, Stroke Research Team Level 3 East, Lot 1, Kookaburra Circuit, New Lambton Heights, NSW, 2305 Australia
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 2 4913 8102
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Email
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
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A/Prof Coralie English
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Address
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Hunter Medical Research Institute, Stroke Research Team Level 3 East, Lot 1, Kookaburra Circuit, New Lambton Heights, NSW, 2305 Australia
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Country
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Australia
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Phone
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+61 2 4913 8102
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Email
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[email protected]
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No Supporting Document Provided
Results publications and other study-related documents
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No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.
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Year of Publication
DOI
Embase
Breaking up sitting time after stroke (BUST-stroke).
2018
https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747493018801222
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Frequent, short bouts of light-intensity exercises while standing decreases systolic blood pressure: Breaking Up Sitting Time after Stroke (BUST-Stroke) trial.
2018
https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1747493018798535
N.B. These documents automatically identified may not have been verified by the study sponsor.
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