The effect of using activity workstations on heart rate variability during complex cognitive tasks

Pilcher, June J.; Morris, Drew; Limyansky, Sarah E.; Bryant, Stewart A.

doi:10.1080/07448481.2020.1782919

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“…The results indicate that PAL and CMBs have similar effects on university students as they do in primary school children, adolescents in secondary school, and adults in the workplace. Lab-based studies on university students are also in agreement with the results of the current review finding that PAL improved student wellbeing [42] and may improve executive function [64].…”

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“…To our knowledge, there are no reviews of CMB or PAL in university students. Encouragingly lab-based studies of university students have found that low to moderate intensity movement breaks improve cognition [38][39][40], learning and memory [39,41], and executive function [38], and cycling while studying reduced sympathetic reactivity to stress which may be important for learning [42]. However, there is limited evidence on feasibility and effectiveness in tertiary education settings.…”

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Classroom Movement Breaks and Physically Active Learning Are Feasible, Reduce Sedentary Behaviour and Fatigue, and May Increase Focus in University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Lynch

O’Donoghue

Peiris

2022

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Background: University students are mostly sedentary in tertiary education settings which may be detrimental to their health and learning. This review aimed to examine the feasibility and efficacy of classroom movement breaks (CMB) and physically active learning (PAL) on physical and cognitive outcomes in university students in the tertiary setting. Methods: Five electronic databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsychINFO, and PubMed) were searched for articles published up until November 2021. Manual searching of reference lists and citation tracking were also completed. Two reviewers independently applied inclusion and exclusion criteria and completed quality assessment. Articles were included if they evaluated CMB or PAL interventions delivered to university students in a tertiary setting. Results: Of the 1691 articles identified, 14 studies with 5997 participants met the inclusion criteria. Average study quality scores were poor for both CMB and PAL studies. CMBs and PAL are feasible in the tertiary setting and increase physical activity, reduce sedentary behaviour, increase wellbeing, and reduce fatigue in university students. In addition, CMBs increased student focus and attention in class and PAL had no detrimental effect on academic performance. Conclusions: University educators should feel confident in introducing CMB and/or PAL interventions into their classes to improve student health and wellbeing.

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confidence: 89%

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confidence: 99%

Classroom Movement Breaks and Physically Active Learning Are Feasible, Reduce Sedentary Behaviour and Fatigue, and May Increase Focus in University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Lynch

O’Donoghue

Peiris

2022

IJERPH

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“…One study found that using activity workstations in a work setting positively impacts stress and affect (Sliter and Yuan, 2015). In other studies, when college students used workstations while completing laboratory-based tasks, there was an improvement in positive affect, motivation, and morale (Pilcher and Baker, 2016) as well as a decrease in sympathetic reactivity during stressful tasks (Pilcher et al, 2022). In addition, it is important to note that performance on the laboratory-based tasks in these studies did not suffer due to using the activity workstations.…”

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confidence: 74%

Activity Workstations in High Schools: Decreasing Sedentary Behavior Without Negatively Impacting Schoolwork

Pilcher

Hulett²,

Harrill³

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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High school students are at risk for increased sedentary behavior due in part to a decrease in physical activity throughout adolescence and to required sedentary behavior during much of the school day. The purpose of the current study is to examine the impact of using activity workstations in a high school English class for struggling readers. Twenty high school students participated in the study. The participants completed a 16-week study where each participant used an activity workstation for 8 weeks and a traditional desk for 8 weeks in a crossover design for a 40-min period during normal class. They responded to a series of subjective questions about reading and schoolwork at the beginning and end of each 8-week session and followed the READ 180 program designed to help struggling readers during the study. The results indicated that academic performance increased in both desk conditions during the study and from the beginning to the end of the study. In addition, there was a significant improvement in items in the subjective survey related to reading, motivation, and schoolwork in both desk conditions across the study. The current results suggest that using an activity workstation in the classroom did not negatively affect academic performance or students’ perceptions of working on academic assignments compared to the traditional desk condition. These results indicate that activity workstations could be implemented in classrooms to provide students with a non-sedentary option during the school day thus increasing physical activity in students.

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“…Учитывая современную тенденцию биопсихосоциального подхода в вопросах изучения адаптации инвалидов и принимая во внимание тот факт, что и само трудоустройство является стрессующим фактором как для человека с инвалидностью, так и для здорового человека [4], наряду с регуляторным балансом необходимо определять и психосоциальный компонент при изучении механизмов адаптации данной категории граждан к трудовому воздействию. Интерес научного сообщества к вопросам социально-психологической адаптации инвалидов высок [5], но исследований, учитывающих все три компонента биопсихосоциального подхода, мало.…”

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The relationship between the indicators of spectral analysis of heart rate variability and sociopsychological adaptation to work load in people with disabilities

Nagovitsyna,

Vasilyeva

2024

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Taking into account social, psychological and physiological factors, the labor impact on the human body with disabilities requires the activation of adaptive mechanisms, which in this category has features related to the specifics of the state of health.The purpose of the work is to identify the features of the dynamics of psychophysiological adaptation in disabled people in the course of work.Materials and methods. Hart rate variability indicators, socio-psychological adaptation and stress sensitivity of 130 disabled people were monitored before and after completing work practice at the Center Labor Rehabilitation and Habilitation.Results. The analysis of data depending on the group, category of disability, gender, age and disabling disease revealed the features of adaptive activity of each group of the study, as well as threshold values of psychoemotional indicators relative to the tension of regulatory systems.

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The effect of using activity workstations on heart rate variability during complex cognitive tasks

Cited by 4 publications

References 67 publications

Classroom Movement Breaks and Physically Active Learning Are Feasible, Reduce Sedentary Behaviour and Fatigue, and May Increase Focus in University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Classroom Movement Breaks and Physically Active Learning Are Feasible, Reduce Sedentary Behaviour and Fatigue, and May Increase Focus in University Students: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Activity Workstations in High Schools: Decreasing Sedentary Behavior Without Negatively Impacting Schoolwork

The relationship between the indicators of spectral analysis of heart rate variability and sociopsychological adaptation to work load in people with disabilities

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