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Trial reportScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports2025

Technology-Enabled Exercise "Snacks" Are Feasible to Perform in a Real-World Setting: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Fiona J Babir, Hashim Islam, Sara McCreary, Erica Vaz, Kaja Falkenhain, Kaela Cranston, Mary Jung, Joel Singer, Roderick Sandilands, Alexis Marcotte-Chénard and 4 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Fiona J BabirDepartment of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9899-0824
Hashim IslamSchool of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Sara McCrearySchool of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Erica VazSchool of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Kaja FalkenhainPennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.
Kaela CranstonSchool of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Mary JungSchool of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Joel SingerSchool of Population and Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Roderick SandilandsSchool of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Alexis Marcotte-ChénardSchool of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
Emmanuel StamatakisSchool of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Douglas L RichardsDepartment of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Martin J GibalaDepartment of Kinesiology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Jonathan P LittleSchool of Health and Exercise Sciences, The University of British Columbia - Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9796-2008

Funding

Canadian Cancer SocietyCIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This randomized controlled trial investigated the feasibility and efficacy of a 12-week remotely delivered exercise snacks intervention in the real world. Inactive adults (n = 77; 56 females, 21 males; mean age ± SD: 54 ± 6 years, mean VO

Indexed as

ExerciseSnacksAdultBiomarkersFeasibility StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedOxygen ConsumptionPatient CompliancePhysical ExertionPleasureBiomarkersbodyweight exercisecardiorespiratory fitnessfeasibilityhome‐based exerciseintermittent exercise

Identifiers

PMID40772837
PMCPMC12330779

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