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

We conducted a 12-month-long experiment in a financial services company to study how the availability of treadmill workstations affects employees' physical activity and work performance. We enlisted sedentary volunteers, half of whom received treadmill workstations during the first two months o...

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Autores principales:	Avner Ben-Ner, Darla J Hamann, Gabriel Koepp, Chimnay U Manohar, James Levine
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:15b098f142134f149199ac14a894e7982021-11-18T08:31:51ZTreadmill workstations: the effects of walking while working on physical activity and work performance.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0088620https://doaj.org/article/15b098f142134f149199ac14a894e7982014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24586359/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203We conducted a 12-month-long experiment in a financial services company to study how the availability of treadmill workstations affects employees' physical activity and work performance. We enlisted sedentary volunteers, half of whom received treadmill workstations during the first two months of the study and the rest in the seventh month of the study. Participants could operate the treadmills at speeds of 0-2 mph and could use a standard chair-desk arrangement at will. (a) Weekly online performance surveys were administered to participants and their supervisors, as well as to all other sedentary employees and their supervisors. Using within-person statistical analyses, we find that overall work performance, quality and quantity of performance, and interactions with coworkers improved as a result of adoption of treadmill workstations. (b) Participants were outfitted with accelerometers at the start of the study. We find that daily total physical activity increased as a result of the adoption of treadmill workstations.Avner Ben-NerDarla J HamannGabriel KoeppChimnay U ManoharJames LevinePublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 2, p e88620 (2014)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Avner Ben-Ner Darla J Hamann Gabriel Koepp Chimnay U Manohar James Levine Treadmill workstations: the effects of walking while working on physical activity and work performance.
description	We conducted a 12-month-long experiment in a financial services company to study how the availability of treadmill workstations affects employees' physical activity and work performance. We enlisted sedentary volunteers, half of whom received treadmill workstations during the first two months of the study and the rest in the seventh month of the study. Participants could operate the treadmills at speeds of 0-2 mph and could use a standard chair-desk arrangement at will. (a) Weekly online performance surveys were administered to participants and their supervisors, as well as to all other sedentary employees and their supervisors. Using within-person statistical analyses, we find that overall work performance, quality and quantity of performance, and interactions with coworkers improved as a result of adoption of treadmill workstations. (b) Participants were outfitted with accelerometers at the start of the study. We find that daily total physical activity increased as a result of the adoption of treadmill workstations.
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author	Avner Ben-Ner Darla J Hamann Gabriel Koepp Chimnay U Manohar James Levine
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title	Treadmill workstations: the effects of walking while working on physical activity and work performance.
title_short	Treadmill workstations: the effects of walking while working on physical activity and work performance.
title_full	Treadmill workstations: the effects of walking while working on physical activity and work performance.
title_fullStr	Treadmill workstations: the effects of walking while working on physical activity and work performance.
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Treadmill workstations: the effects of walking while working on physical activity and work performance.

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