Installation of a stationary high desk in the workplace: Effect of a 6-week intervention on physical activity

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Miyachi, Motohiko ^a   Kurita, Satoshi ^a   Tripette, Julien ^a   Takahara, Ryo ^b   Yagi, Yoshiko ^b   Murakami, Haruka ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^b ITOKI Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Occupational activity; Sedentary; Standing work; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORKPLACE;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POSTURE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84927928007     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1724-3     Document Type: Article

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