Ergonomic Articles
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Sitting Disease Research
| Source | Title | Authors | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| BMJ Open | Sedentary behaviour and life expectancy in the USA - a cause deleted life table analysis | Peter T Katzmarzyk, I-Min Lee | 2012 |
| BMC Journal | Perceived exertion, comfort and working technique in professional computer users and association with neck and upper extremity symptoms | Agneta Lindegård, Jens Wahlström, Mats Hagberg, Rebecka Vilhelmsson, Allan Toomingas and Ewa Wigaeus Tornqvist | 2012 |
| BMC Journal | Variation between seated and standing/walking postures among male and female call centre operators | Toomingas A, Forsman M, Mathiassen SE, Heiden M, Nilsson T. | 2012 |
| PLoS One | Sedentary Behaviour and Biomarkers for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Mid-Life: The Role of Television-Viewing and Sitting at Work | Snehal M. Pinto Pereira, Myung Ki, Chris Power | 2012 |
| American College of Sports Medicine | Reducing sedentary behaviors - sitting less and moving more - American College of Sports Medicine brochure | American College of Sports Medicine | 2012 |
| Preventative Medicine | Does the use of standing ‘hot’ desks change sedentary work time in an open plan office? (Abstract only) | Nicholas D. Gilson, Alessandro Suppini, Gemma C. Ryde, Helen E. Brown, Wendy J. Brown | 2012 |
| CPE Institute on Inactivity research | Sit Less Presentation References | Marc Hamilton, PhD, Catherine Christie, PhD, RD, LD/N, FADA | 2012 |
| CPE Institute on Inactivity research | Sit Less Presentation Handout | Marc Hamilton, PhD, Catherine Christie, PhD, RD, LD/N, FADA | 2012 |
| Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute | Stand Up Australia – The Health Hazards of Too Much Sitting | David Dunstan | 2012 |
| AACR International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research | Amount of Time Spent in Sedentary Behaviors in the United States, 2003–2004 | Charles E. Matthews, Kong Y. Chen, Patty S. Freedson, Russell R. Pate, David G. Schlundt, Maciej S. Buchowski and Richard P. Troiano | 2011 |
| Lockton Companies, LLC | The Detrimental Effects of Sedentary Behavior | Lockton Companies, LLC | 2011 |
| International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | Energy expenditure of interruptions to sedentary behavior | Ann M Swartz, Leah Squires and Scott J Strath | 2011 |
| Canadian Journal of Public Health | Desk potatoes: the importance of occupational physical activity on health (Abstract only) | Adam W. Probert, Mark S. Tremblay, Sarah Connor C. Gorber | 2011 |
| American Journal of Health Promotion | Get Moving: A Web Site That Increases Physical Activity of Sedentary Employees | Irvine AB, Philips L, Seeley J, Wyant S, Duncan S, Moore RW | 2011 |
| Lancaster University Centre for Organizational Health & Well-being | Multi- business Study of the Effect of Low Impact Physical Activity on Employee Health and Wellbeing | Dr. David Batman and Professor Susan Cartwright | 2011 |
| American Journal of Epidemiology | Long-Term Sedentary Work and the Risk of Subsite-specific Colorectal Cancer | Terry Boyle, Lin Fritschi, Jane Heyworth, and Fiona Bull | 2010 |
| Mayo Clinic Proceedings | Sedentary Behavior: Emerging Evidence for a New Health Risk | Neville Owen, PhD; Phillip B. Sparling, EdD; Geneviève N. Healy, PhD; David W. Dunstan, PhD; and Charles E. Matthews, PhD | 2010 |
| NRC Research Press | Physiological and health implications of a sedentary lifestyle | Mark Stephen Tremblay, Rachel Christine Colley, Travis John Saunders, Genevieve Nissa Healy, and Neville Owen | 2010 |
| Diabetes Care Journal - American Diabetes Association | Sedentary Activity Associated With Metabolic Syndrome Independent of Physical Activity | Andrea Bankoski, MPH, Tamara B. Harris, MD, James J. McClain, PHD, Robert J. Brychta, PHD, Paolo Caserotti, PHD, Kong Y. Chen, PHD, David Berrigan, PHD, Richard P. Troiano, PHD and Annemarie Koster, PHD | 2010 |
| Diabetes - American Diabetes Association | Your Chair: Comfortable but Deadly | James A. Levine | 2010 |
| Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine | Prolonged work- and computer-related seated immobility and risk of venous thromboembolism | Bridget Healy, Erik Levin, Kyle Perrin, Mark Weatherall, and Richard Beasley | 2010 |
| American Journal of Preventive Medicine | Evidence of Health Risks from Occupational Sitting Where Do We Stand? | Simon Marshall, PhD, Diane Gyi, PhD | 2010 |
| American Journal of Preventive Medicine | Occupational Sitting and Health Risks A Systematic Review | Jannique G.Z. van Uffelen, PhD, Jason Wong, BAppSc, Josephine Y. Chau, MPH, et al. | 2010 |
| American Association for Cancer Research | Sedentary Behavior and Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Proposed Biological Mechanisms | Brigid M. Lynch | 2010 |
| Diabetes - American Diabetes Association | Impact of Physical Inactivity on Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Metabolism in Healthy Young Male Offspring of Patients With Type 2 Diabetes | Lise Højbjerre, Mette Paulli Sonne, Amra Ciric Alibegovic, Flemming Dela, Allan Vaag, Jens Bruun Meldgaard, Karl Bang Christensen, and Bente Stallknecht | 2010 |
| 3rd Annual Conference on Physical Activity and Public Health | Physical Activity and Public Health - 3rd International Conference - Overview of sessions 2010 | 2010 | |
| Occupational Medicine | The health safety and health promotion needs of older workers | J. O. Crawford, R. A. Graveling, H. A. Cowie and K. Dixon | 2010 |
| Med Sci Sports Exerc | Sedentary Behaviors Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men | Warren TY, Barry V, Hooker SP, Sui X, Church TS, Blair SN | 2010 |
| American Journal of Epidemiology | Leisure Time Spent Sitting in Relation to Total Mortality in a Prospective Cohort of US Adults | Alpa V. Patel, Leslie Bernstein, Anusila Deka, Heather Spencer Feigelson, Peter T. Campbell, Susan M. Gapstur, Graham A. Colditz, and Michael J. Thun | 2010 |
| Univ. of Cambridge Conference Publications | Estimating personal energy expenditure with location data | Simon Hay, Stamatina Th. Rassia, Alastair R. Beresford | 2010 |
| American College of Sports Medicine | Too Much Sitting: The Population Health Science of Sedentary Behavior | Neville Owen, Genevieve N. Healy, Charles E. Matthews, and David W. Dunstan | 2010 |
| Lancaster University Centre for Organizational Health & Well-being | Steps To Health: An Evaluation Of The Impact Of Participating In The Global Corporate Challenge | Philip Gibbs and Professor Susan Cartwright | 2010 |
| Journal of Occupational Health | Risk Factors for upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Symptoms among call center employees | d'Errico A, Caputo P, Falcone U, Fubini L, Gilardi L, Mamo C, Migliardi A, Quarta D, Coffano E. | 2010 |
| Biology of Sport | Physical Activity Of Office Workers | Biernat E., Tomaszewski P., Milde K. | 2010 |
| Touch Endocrinology | ‘Too Much Sitting’ and Metabolic Risk –Has Modern Technology Caught up with us | David W Dunstan, Genevieve N Healy, Takemi Sugiyama and Nevi lle Owen | 2010 |
| Applied Ergonomics | Frequency of the sit to stand task: an observational study of free-living adults | Dall PM, Kerr A | 2010 |
| Ergonomics | Studying the relationship between low back pain and working postures among those who stand and those who sit most of the working day (Abstract only) | Tissot F, Messing K, Stock S. | 2009 |
| BMC Cancer | Intensity and timing of physical activity in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer risk | Tricia M Peters, Steven C Moore, Gretchen L Gierach, Nicholas J Wareham, Ulf Ekelund, Albert R Hollenbeck, Arthur Schatzkin and Michael F Leitzmann | 2009 |
| Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute | Interventions Targeting the Reduction of Workplace Sedentary Time: An Evidence Review | A/Prof David Dunstan, Dr Genevieve Healy | 2009 |
| International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | Do walking strategies to increase physical activity reduce reported sitting in workplaces: a randomized control trial | Nicholas D Gilson, Anna Puig-Ribera, Jim McKenna, Wendy J Brown, Nicola W Burton and Carlton B Cooke | 2009 |
| Agencies for Nutrition Action | Does sedentary behaviour contribute to chronic disease or chronic disease risk in adults | Professor Grant Schofield, Rob Quigley, Dr Rachel Brown | 2009 |
| Diabetes - American Diabetes Association | Objectively Measured Sedentary Time May Predict Insulin Resistance Independent of Moderate- and Vigorous-Intensity Physical Activity | Hendrik J.F. Helmerhorst, Katrien Wijndaele, Søren Brage, Nicholas J. Wareham, and Ulf Ekelund | 2009 |
| PMC | Sedentariness at work; how much do we really sit? | SK McCrady and JA Levine | 2009 |
| BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders | Biomechanical effects of sitting with adjustable ischial and lumbar support on occupational low back pain: evaluation of sitting load and back muscle activity | Mohsen Makhsous, Fang Lin, James Bankard, Ronald W Hendrix, Matthew Hepler, and Joel Press | 2009 |
| Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport | Standing up at work - The feasibility of using height adjustable desks to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase energy expenditure (Login required) | G. Schofield, A. Kilding, R. Freese, A. Alison, K. White | 2009 |
| British Journal of Sports Medicine | Too much sitting: a novel and important predictor of chronic disease risk? | N Owen, A Bauman, W Brown | 2008 |
| Adis | Accumulated versus Continuous Exercise for Health Benefit | Marie H. Murphy, Steven N. Blair and Elaine M. Murtagh | 2008 |
| Diabetes Care Journal - American Diabetes Association | Breaks in Sedentary Time - Beneficial associations with metabolic risk | Healy GN, Dunstan DW, Salmon J, Cerin E, Shaw JE, Zimmet PZ, Owen N. | 2007 |
| American Journal of Epidemiology | Recreational Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in Relation to Ovarian Cancer Risk in a Large Cohort of US Women | Alpa V. Patel, Carmen Rodriguez, Alexandre L. Pavluck, Michael J. Thun, and Eugenia E. Calle | 2005 |
| Journal of Physiology | Suppression of skeletal muscle lipoprotein lipase activity during physical inactivity | Lionel Bey and Marc T. Hamilton | 2003 |
Articles - Abstracts
Articles - Full Text
Conference Proceedings
Ergonomic Programs - Recommendations and Results
Government Reporting
Research - Reports and information
Standards
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