Does the use of standing 'hot' desks change sedentary work time in an open plan office?

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 65-67

  Gilson, Nicholas D ^a   Suppini, Alessandro ^a   Ryde, Gemma C ^a   Brown, Helen E ^a   Brown, Wendy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Open plan office; Sedentary work time; Standing desks

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; OPEN PLAN OFFICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEDENTARY WORK TIME; STANDING DESK; STUDENT T TEST; WORK; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE;

EID: 84855490822     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.10.012     Document Type: Article

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