Medium-term effects of a two-desk sit/stand workstation on cognitive performance and workload for healthy people performing sedentary work: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

Schwartz, Bernhard; Kapellusch, Jay; Baca, Arnold; Wessner, Barbara

doi:10.1080/00140139.2019.1577497

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“…The pain and discomfort caused by musculoskeletal disorders is often in the neck, shoulders and lower back due to the amount of time spent in a seated position 51 ) . Alternating body positioning though the use of sit-stand desks may reduce or slow the development of musculoskeletal pain associated with sedentary work 4 ) . It has also been reported that short-term and long-term pain may adversely affect cognition, particularly memory and attention 50 , 52 ) due to attentional interference 50 ) .…”

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“…Sedentary behaviors typically involve sitting, reclining or lying (e.g., computer activities, driving a vehicle, watching television), and are associated with a metabolic expenditure score (MET) that does not exceed 1.5 MET 1,2) . Evidence has built over recent years pointing to detrimental impacts of sedentary behavior on physical health (e.g., cardiometabolic and musculoskeletal) and cognitive performance (e.g., attention and concentration) [2][3][4] . Office workers are particularly susceptible to long periods of sedentary behavior due to prolonged periods of sitting throughout the day 2,5,6) , with Australian office workers spending between 62%-82% of their working day engaged in sedentary behaviors 7) .…”

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Does breaking up sitting in office-based settings result in cognitive performance improvements which last throughout the day? A review of the evidence

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Sedentary behavior at work contributes to detrimental cognitive outcomes (e.g., decreases in attention). The length of time that cognitive performance benefits are sustained following bouts of breaking up sitting (e.g., using sit-stand desks or walking) is not known. A narrative review of the literature was conducted using a systematic search strategy, with keywords related to breaking up sitting interventions in office-based environments and cognitive performance outcomes in the period immediately post the cessation of the breaking up sitting intervention. Three types of office-based breaking up sitting interventions were identified; 1) sit-stand desks, 2) walking desks and 3) cycling desks. From the eight studies which met the criteria, the impacts of these interventions on cognitive performance outcomes were mixed, with significant benefits in some studies and others reporting no benefit. Of the cognitive domains assessed, working memory, attention, and psychomotor function showed significant sustained improvement for up to 30 minutes post intervention. While there are benefits to a key set of cognitive performance domains following breaking up sitting interventions in office-based settings, no studies have evaluated whether benefits to cognitive performance persist for longer than 30 minutes after the breaking up sitting intervention. Furthermore, specific applications of these cognitive benefits to tasks outside of work (e.g., driving home from work) are unknown.

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Does breaking up sitting in office-based settings result in cognitive performance improvements which last throughout the day? A review of the evidence

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“…Emerging evidence claims the existence of a bidirectional relationship between PA and mental health (Maugeri et al, 2020). Apart from deviating from the monotonous work threat, PA is claimed to have a positive effect on mental health by improving cognitive functions by regulating plausible mechanisms: glucose metabolism in brain (Wheeler et al, 2017), cortical perfusion (Carter et al, 2018) and neuroendocrine responses such as enhanced brain‐derived neurotrophic factor, dopamine agonists (Wennberg et al, 2016) and cortisol levels (Schwartz et al, 2019). Reducing sitting time through home‐based exercise or standing or climbing stairs or planned walk breaks can favourably improve physical and mental health of adults who are WFH (Ghram et al, 2020).…”

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Short‐term effects of a social media‐based intervention on the physical and mental health of remotely working young software professionals: A randomised controlled trial

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The present study aimed to explore the short term effects of a social media-based intervention on the physical and mental health of the software professionals working remotely during the pandemic. Sixty software professionals with poor physical and mental health were randomised to Facebook-based intervention (FIIT) and a control (CONT) group for 2 months. Forty-six remote workers (26.25 ± 3.49 years) completed the study (FIIT = 22; CONT = 26). All the respondents had the median sitting time (7.07 ± 2.30 h/day) during office hours on workdays. We found a significant difference in the sitting time during office hours in workday within the subjects (F 1,46 = 4.66; p < .004; η p 2 = .048) and between the subjects (F 1,46 = 3.81; p < .004; η p 2 = .040). Post hoc analysis revealed participants in the FIIT group reduced their sitting time by 58 min during office hours during a typical workday compared with the control group. Nevertheless, we found a significant difference in the scores of stress, anxiety and depression within and between the groups. Short-term social media-based physical and mental health intervention may improve physical and

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“…Greater technology utilisation has resulted in an increase in the sedentary nature of work and the health risks associated with it, such as diabetes and obesity (van Uffelen et al 2010). These issues have also attracted E/HF attention, although there tends to be an emphasis on individual behaviour, for example, in the introduction of alternative workstations (Buckley et al 2015;Schwartz et al 2019) or workplace exercise programmes (Commissaris et al 2016). Investigating micro issues can lead to examination of a macro perspective, as is evidenced by the consensus of ergonomists over time that the management of workplace musculoskeletal disorder is most effectively managed with a multi-factorial approach (Devereux, Vlachonikolis, and Buckle 2002;Widanarko et al 2014).…”

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State of science: the future of work – ergonomics and human factors contributions to the field

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This article is concerned with scholarly ergonomics and human factors (E/HF) contributions to date to the field of research inquiry known as the 'future of work'. The review considers E/HF perspectives on how the nature of work is changing and what this means for the practice of E/HF and for human performance and wellbeing at work. This field of research has attracted much attention from scholars from various disciplines as flexible working arrangements and casualised employment, in particular, have come under the microscope during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article begins by setting out the future of work field, focussing on the mega trends and future of work forces that are most relevant to the discipline. Next, E/HF contributions to this field are identified and discussed. Surprisingly, given the E/HF tradition as a system discipline fundamentally concerned with the study of human work, and as a contributor to transdisciplinary research related to the design of work systems, a search of the scholarly literature found few contributions outside of the automation systems field that addressed the future of work and E/HF directly. A research agenda is presented to address gaps in current knowledge in a number of key future of work domains.

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Medium-term effects of a two-desk sit/stand workstation on cognitive performance and workload for healthy people performing sedentary work: a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled trial

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Does breaking up sitting in office-based settings result in cognitive performance improvements which last throughout the day? A review of the evidence

Does breaking up sitting in office-based settings result in cognitive performance improvements which last throughout the day? A review of the evidence

Short‐term effects of a social media‐based intervention on the physical and mental health of remotely working young software professionals: A randomised controlled trial

State of science: the future of work – ergonomics and human factors contributions to the field

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