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Do walking strategies to increase physical activity reduce reported sitting in workplaces: A randomized control trial [PDF]

, 2009
Background Interventions designed to increase workplace physical activity may not automatically reduce high volumes of sitting, a behaviour independently linked to chronic diseases such as obesity and type II diabetes.
Burton, Nicola W., Cooke, CB, Puig-Ribera, Anna, Burton, NW, Gilson, Nicolas D., Nicholas D Gilson, McKenna, J, Nicola W Burton, Gilson, N., Puig Ribera, Anna, Gilson Nicholas D, McKenna Jim, Wendy J Brown, Gilson, Nicholas D, Gilson, Nicholas D., Brown Wendy J, McKenna, J., Cooke Carlton B, Puig-Ribera, A, Cooke, Carlton B., Burton Nicola W, Brown, WJ, Brown, Wendy J., Brown, W., Burton, N., Puig-Ribera Anna, Gilson, ND, Anna Puig-Ribera, Puig-Ribera, A., Carlton B Cooke, Jim McKenna, McKenna, Jim   +31 more
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Types of Sedentary Behavior and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Blacks: The Jackson Heart Study

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2019
Background Previous cross‐sectional studies have shown conflicting results regarding the effects of television viewing and occupational sitting on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. The purpose of this study was to compare the association of both
Jeanette M. Garcia, Andrea T. Duran, Joseph E. Schwartz, John N. Booth, Steven P. Hooker, Joshua Z. Willey, Ying Kuen Cheung, Chorong Park, Stephen K. Williams, Mario Sims, Daichi Shimbo, Keith M. Diaz   +11 more
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Associations between daily sitting time and the combinations of lifestyle risk factors in men [PDF]

, 2012
Background: Understanding the reciprocal role that multiple problematic behaviours play in men's health is important for intervention delivery and for reducing the healthcare burden.
Robertson, S., Daly-Smith, A., Daly-Smith, A, Zwolinsky, S, White, A, McKenna, J., Pringle, A., White, A., Pringle, A, Robertson, S, Zwolinsky, S., McKenna, J   +11 more
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Examining total and domain-specific sedentary behaviour using the socio-ecological model – a cross-sectional study of Irish adults

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Sedentary behaviour (SB) has been linked with detrimental effects on morbidity and mortality. This study aims to identify the individual, social and environmental correlates of total sedentary behaviour and the contexts in which sitting time ...
Gail Nicolson, Catherine Hayes, Catherine Darker   +2 more
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The effectiveness of sedentary behaviour interventions on sitting time and screen time in children and adults: an umbrella review of systematic reviews

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2020
Background There is increasing concern about the time people spend in sedentary behaviour, including screen time, leisure and occupational sitting. The number of both primary research studies (published trials) and reviews has been growing rapidly in ...
Phuong Nguyen, Long Khanh-Dao Le, Dieu Nguyen, Lan Gao, David W. Dunstan, Marj Moodie   +5 more
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Subjective and objective assessment of sedentary behavior among college employees

BMC Public Health, 2018
Background High levels of sedentary behavior are linked to increased mortality. In the United States, individuals spend 55–70% of their waking day being sedentary.
Samuel Headley, Jasmin Hutchinson, Sarah Wooley, Kristen Dempsey, Kelvin Phan, Gregory Spicer, Xanne Janssen, Jerold Laguilles, Tracey Matthews   +8 more
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Exercise Capacity, Physical Activity, Fatigue, and Neurocognitive Function in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk of reduced exercise capacity, decreased physical activity levels, persistent fatigue, and neurocognitive deficits. The aim was to investigate exercise capacity and physical activity levels of adult survivors of childhood ALL and their associations with ...
Laura Jess, Gustaf Glavå, Simon Skau, Hans‐Georg Kuhn, Maria Bäck, Marianne Jarfelt   +5 more
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Neurovascular Contacts in the Pathophysiology of Neuralgic Amyotrophy: An Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Neuralgic amyotrophy (NA) is a prevalent, monophasic, multifocal immune‐mediated neuropathy. A distinctive characteristic of the disease is the occurrence of nerve or fascicle constrictions and torsions (NA‐associated focal nerve lesions, NAFL). The pathophysiology underlying this phenomenon remains to be fully elucidated.
Johannes Fabian Holle, Andreas Leha, Volker Limmroth, Wolfram Windisch, Maximilian Zimmermann   +4 more
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Reserves, Injury Severity, and Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury: A CENTER‐TBI Observational Study

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Reserve refers to the brain's ability to maintain function after an injury and strongly relates to traumatic brain injury (TBI) outcomes. This study examined (1) whether associations between pre‐injury reserve proxies and outcomes differed across injury severity categories, and (2) whether the impact of injury severity varied across ...
Natascha Ekdahl, Marika C. Möller, Lindsay Wilson, Anne Vik, Toril Skandsen, Jonas Stenberg, CENTER‐TBI participants and investigators   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Individual patient data meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of community occupational therapy for stroke patients [PDF]

, 2004
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> Trials of occupational therapy for stroke patients living in the community have varied in their findings. It is unclear why these discrepancies have occurred.</p> <p><b>Methods:</
Gilbertson, L, Walker, M.F., Walker, M F, Gladman, J.R.F., Gladman, J R F, Jongbloed, L., Drummond, Avril, Logan, P, Langhorne, P., Dewey, M, Bath, P, Corr, S., Logan, P., Parker, C., Leonardi-Bee, J, Jongbloed, L, Drummond, A., Langhorne, P, Drummond, A, Gilbertson, L., Gladman, J, Parker, C, Bath, P., Leonardi-Bee, Jo, Corr, S, Corr, Susan, Leonardi-Bee, J., Dewey, M.   +27 more
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