Monitoring work-related physical activity and estimating lower-limb loading: a proof-of-concept study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physical activity (PA) is important to general health and knee osteoarthritis (OA). Excessive workplace PA is an established risk factor for knee OA however, appropriate methods of measurement are unclear. There is a need to examine and assess the utility of new methods of measuring workplace PA and estimating knee load prior to application to large-scale, knee OA cohorts. Our aims, therefore, were to monitor workplace PA and estimate lower-limb loading across different occupations in health participants.

Methods

Twenty-four healthy adults, currently working full-time in a single occupation (≥ 35 h/week) and free of musculoskeletal disease, comorbidity and had no history of lower-limb injury/surgery (past 12-months) were recruited across New South Wales (Australia

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8212530 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature