Clemes, Stacy A.
Bingham, Daniel D.
Pearson, Natalie
Chen, Yu-Ling
Edwardson, Charlotte L.
McEachan, Rosemary R. C.
Tolfrey, Keith
Cale, Lorraine
Richardson, Gerry
Fray, Mike
Altunkaya, James
Bandelow, Stephan
Jaicim, Nishal Bhupendra
Salmon, Jo
Dunstan, David W.
Barber, Sally E.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Public Health Research Programme (NIHR PHR 14/231/20)
Article History
Received: 4 February 2020
Accepted: 15 April 2020
First Online: 29 April 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval for the research was obtained from Loughborough University’s Ethical Advisory Committee (reference: R16-P027). Head teachers, or a nominated senior teacher, provided written informed consent for their school to participate in the study. Teachers provided written informed consent for their participation, parents/guardians provided written informed consent for their child to participate in the trial evaluation, and participating children provided verbal and written assent.
: Not applicable.
: The sit-stand desks used in this study were supplied via an in-kind donation from Ergotron Inc., USA. The company played no role in the study design, data collection or data analyses, or in the preparation of this paper. The company have no relevant interests/rights in terms of project outcomes and uses. JS notes that she has a potential conflict of interest as her husband owns a business to manufacture height-adjustable desks for schools. These desks were not used in this research, and she was not involved in the data analysis. The remaining authors declare no other competing interests.