Effectiveness of exercise at workplace in physical fitness: uncontrolled randomized study

Grande, Antônio José; Silva, Valter; Parra, Sérgio Alencar

doi:10.1590/s1679-45082014ao2956

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“…Although worksites have been identified as ideal settings to favor physical activity among workers ( 9 ), the “tertiarisation” of our societies and industries has been favoring sedentariness, with employees spending now most of their daily time seated in front of computers. While most of the available studies have been evaluating the levels of physical activity of tertiary employees ( 36 ), their time spent seated and/or in front of a computer screen ( 37 ), or have been independently looking at the effect of physical activity programs ( 38 ) or interventions aiming at reducing sedentary time ( 39 ), we did not find any work comparing fitness parameters between physically active and inactive tertiary employees who are characterized by a high level of sedentariness.…”

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Effect of Work-Related Sedentary Time on Overall Health Profile in Active vs. Inactive Office Workers

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Objective: While public health strategies are developed to fight sedentary behaviors and promote physical activity, some professional activities, and especially tertiary ones, have been pointed out for their highly sedentary nature. Although workplace physical activity programs are increasingly proposed by companies to their employees in order to increase their physical activity levels, sitting and screen time remain extremely high. The main aim of this work was to compare health indicators between active and inactive tertiary employees with similar high levels of sedentariness. Secondly, we questioned the effects of a 5-month workplace physical activity program on overall health indicators among initially active and inactive tertiary employees.Methods: Anthropometric measurements, body composition (bio-impedance), physical fitness (cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal fitness) and health-related quality of life and perception of health status (self-reported questionnaires) were assessed among 193 active and inactive tertiary employees before (T0) and after a 5-month workplace physical activity intervention (T1), composed of 2 physical sessions per week.Results: Significant improvements were found in performance of push-ups (p < 0.001), back muscle strength (p < 0.001) fat mass (p < 0.01) and waist circumference (p < 0.05) in active compared with inactive employees both at baseline and at the end of the program. Health perception (p < 0.001) was significantly different between groups at T0 but not at T1. However, no significant difference was observed for fat-free mass, BMI, workplace well-being and lower and upper limbs muscle strength. The variations between T0 and T1 demonstrate that, while all the studied parameters progressed positively during the 5-month program, health perception (p < 0.001), back muscle strength (p < 0.05) and BMI (tendency) showed a significantly higher progression in the inactive compared with the active group.Conclusion: Health indicators might not be improved among active tertiary employees compared with inactive ones, which might be due to the high level of sedentariness characterizing their occupational task.Structured on-site physical activity programs can improve health in both initially active and inactive employees.

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Effect of Work-Related Sedentary Time on Overall Health Profile in Active vs. Inactive Office Workers

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“…In the area of occupational health related to WE, this area study occurred due to the need to launch a worker health-promotion used in various locations. 18,19 Therefore, in this regard, the behavior of the outcomes studied after two months of the workplace exercise program were observed, where each employee has the measurement compared in the initial and final moments and then to illustrate and investigate the importance of exercise behavior, physical fitness, and worker attitudes. To understand better why adult individuals do not engage in exercise is important to professionals who develop behavior-changing interventions.…”

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Enhancing workplace exercise and physical fitness: university workers’ attitudes

2023

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Background: Workplace exercise (WE) has become the focus of a number of studies in Thailand universities as it is believed to prevent numerous chronic diseases. This study aims to illustrate and investigate the behavioral factors related to the physical fitness of university workers and attitudes in work performance. Methods: We conducted a quasi-experimental study on 93 workers with purposive sampling using the Taro Yamane method, to examine exercise behaviors and knowledge, attitude, and exercise practice. Then, 31 selected participants who were at a moderate level of attitude and exercise practice joined the workplace exercise program for two months. Participants’ exercise behavior and knowledge, attitude, and exercise practice before and after joining the program were analyzed using an independent t-test. The physical fitness and work attitude were examined. Results: The results show that the university workers who participated in the program had an adjustment in exercise behavior after engaging in WE with a high level of knowledge, attitude (3.14+.18) and exercise practice (3.32+.31). In addition, we found that programs improved physical fitness with a significant increase in resting heart rate and leg strength (p<0.05). A direct relationship between work attitude and physical fitness after adapting intervention were revealed with work attitude in 3.35+.44 high agreement. Conclusion: The results correspond to earlier studies on exercise factors with the increasing exercise behavior level in terms of knowledge, attitude, and exercise practice. The WE is important for university workers. Therefore, the developed WE in the workplace increased the health and work attitude.

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“…In the articles about physical abilities, we observe the studies of Machado-Matos et al 8 and Martins et al 9 cited above. About that capacities, Grande et al 10 in your study with thepurpose to investigate the effectiveness of workplace exercise for employee health by means of health-related physical activity components and verified the variables in the study not changed with intervention.…”

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Scientific production on workplace physical activity intervention programs: intervention studies and their outcomes

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2018

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Introduction: Among workers' health programs, there are Workplace Physical Activity Intervention Programs that aim to improve life quality and reduce the witchcrafts of work. Objectives: To investigate and analyze the scientific production related to workplace physical activity intervention programs through a bibliometric analysis. Methods: We searched in studies about workplace physical activity intervention programs in the electronic database: Scientific Electronic Library Online, SciELO. We searched these databases from their inception through November 2017. The search terms used in the database were ("Workplace Physical Activity Intervention Programs" OR "Ginástica Laboral" OR "gimnástica laboral" OR "Workplace exercise"). The criteria for exclusion were: (1) review articles, (2) articles about places without the workplace physical activity intervention, and (3) published papers with only English, Spanish and Portuguese abstracts but without full texts in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Data analysis describle was conducted using "Statistic Package for the Social Sciences" (SPSS) for Windows version 21.0. Results: The nine articles that fit the inclusion criteria were analyzed. The year that had the greatest amount of publication on the theme was in 2014. In the analysis by language, most articles are published in two languages (33.3% in English and Portuguese) or Portuguese (33.3%). Most of the studies have interventions with 15 minutes of intervention and with stretching exercises. The outcomes are related to muscular pain, physical abilities and quality of life are highlighted. Conclusion: The studies with Workplace Physical Activity Intervention Programs use traditional methods with 15 minutes sessions and the most studied outcomes are pain and physical abilities.

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Effectiveness of exercise at workplace in physical fitness: uncontrolled randomized study

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

Effect of Work-Related Sedentary Time on Overall Health Profile in Active vs. Inactive Office Workers

Effect of Work-Related Sedentary Time on Overall Health Profile in Active vs. Inactive Office Workers

Enhancing workplace exercise and physical fitness: university workers’ attitudes

Scientific production on workplace physical activity intervention programs: intervention studies and their outcomes

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