Sedentariness and Back Health in Western Cape Primary School Students: Protocol for a Pragmatic Stepped-Wedge Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial

Dominic Fisher   ¹ , MSc ;   Quinette Louw   ² , PhD ;   Lehana Thabane   ^{3, 4, 5, 6} , PhD

¹ Division of Physiotherapy, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

² Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa

³ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (formerly the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics), McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁴ Departments of Anesthesia and Pediatrics, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁵ Biostatistics Unit, St Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton, ON, Canada

⁶ Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada