Evaluation of sit-stand workstations in an office setting: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive sitting time is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease mortality and morbidity independent of physical activity. This aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a sit-stand workstation on sitting time, and vascular, metabolic and musculoskeletal outcomes in office workers, and to investigate workstation acceptability and feasibility.

Methods

A two-arm, parallel-group, individually randomised controlled trial was conducted in one organisation. Participants were asymptomatic full-time office workers aged ≥18 years. Each participant in the intervention arm had a sit-stand workstation installed on their workplace desk for 8 weeks. Participants in the control arm received no intervention. The primary outcome was workplace sitting time, assessed at 0, 4

SUBMITTER: E F Graves L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4653846 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature