Device-measured physical activity, sedentary behaviour and cardiometabolic health and fitness across occupational groups: a systematic review and meta-analysis

SA Prince, CG Elliott, K Scott, S Visintini… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Background With approximately 8 hours of one's waking day spent at work, occupational
tasks and environments are important influencers on an individual's physical activity (PA) …

A review of occupational physical activity and sedentary behaviour correlates

L Smith, O McCourt, A Sawyer, M Ucci… - Occupational …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Physical activity reduces the risk of morbidity and high sedentary time may be
associated with negative health outcomes. The workplace offers an arena to promote …

[HTML][HTML] Low back pain and its relationship with sitting behaviour among sedentary office workers

C Bontrup, WR Taylor, M Fliesser, R Visscher… - Applied ergonomics, 2019 - Elsevier
The relationships between sedentary lifestyle, sitting behaviour, and low back pain (LBP)
remain controversial. In this study, we investigated the relationship between back pain and …

The contribution of office work to sedentary behaviour associated risk

S Parry, L Straker - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background Sedentary time has been found to be independently associated with poor
health and mortality. Further, a greater proportion of the workforce is now employed in low …

Prolonged sedentary time and physical activity in workplace and non-work contexts: a cross-sectional study of office, customer service and call centre employees

AA Thorp, GN Healy, E Winkler, BK Clark… - International journal of …, 2012 - Springer
Background To examine sedentary time, prolonged sedentary bouts and physical activity in
Australian employees from different workplace settings, within work and non-work contexts …

Sit–stand desks in call centres: Associations of use and ergonomics awareness with sedentary behavior

L Straker, RA Abbott, M Heiden, SE Mathiassen… - Applied ergonomics, 2013 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether or not use of sit–stand desks and awareness of the
importance of postural variation and breaks are associated with the pattern of sedentary …

Reducing office workers' sitting time: rationale and study design for the Stand Up Victoria cluster randomized trial

DW Dunstan, G Wiesner, EG Eakin, M Neuhaus… - BMC public health, 2013 - Springer
Background Excessive time spent in sedentary behaviours (sitting or lying with low energy
expenditure) is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease …

Breaking barriers: using the behavior change wheel to develop a tailored intervention to overcome workplace inhibitors to breaking up sitting time

SO Ojo, DP Bailey, ML Brierley, DJ Hewson… - BMC public health, 2019 - Springer
Background The workplace is a prominent domain for excessive sitting. The consequences
of increased sitting time include adverse health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease …

[HTML][HTML] It is time to have rest: how do break types affect muscular activity and perceived discomfort during prolonged sitting work

Y Ding, Y Cao, VG Duffy, X Zhang - Safety and health at work, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Prolonged sitting at work can lead to adverse health outcomes. The health risk
of office workers is an increasing concern for the society and industry, with prolonged sitting …

Postural variability: an effective way to reduce musculoskeletal discomfort in office work

KG Davis, SE Kotowski - Human factors, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This article investigates whether different interventions aimed at promoting
postural change could increase body movement throughout the shift and reduce …