Treadmill workstations: The effects of walking while working on physical activity and work performance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Ben Ner, Avner ^a   Hamann, Darla J ^b   Koepp, Gabriel ^c   Manohar, Chimnay U ^a   Levine, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITTING; SPRING; SUMMER; TREADMILL; TREADMILL WORKSTATION; WALKING; WINTER; WORKPLACE; ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; EXERCISE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84896772917     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088620     Document Type: Article

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