Increasing physical activity in office workers - The Inphact Treadmill study; A study protocol for a 13-month randomized controlled trial of treadmill workstations

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bergman, Frida ^a   Boraxbekk, Carl Johan ^a,b   Wennberg, Patrik ^a   Sörlin, Ann ^a   Olsson, Tommy ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis; Obesity prevention; Physical activity; Randomized controlled trial; Sedentary behaviour; Treadmill workstation; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OVERWEIGHT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TIME FACTOR; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

ACCELEROMETRY; ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; OVERWEIGHT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WALKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84936877330     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2017-6     Document Type: Article

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