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Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews, 2022 A family physician volunteers for a hospital shift as a patient sitter and reflects on the experience in this creative writing article. Freed from clinical responsibilities in a hospital setting, sitting and observing the patient’s interactions with health care professionals and staff reinforced the importance of human connection to recovery.
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How much do adults sit? Results from the German Health Update (GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS) [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2022 Background: Sedentary behaviour is increasingly perceived as a risk factor for the development of diseases and for increased mortality. In particular, increased time spent sitting in combination with low physical activity seems to have negative health ...
Kristin Manz +3 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) has the potential to yield new insights into the prediction and modeling of physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB).
Jaclyn P. Maher +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2021 Postural imbalance induced by prolonged sitting can be improved by exercise therapy. The aim of study was to evaluate the influence of combined stretching and strengthening exercise using rehabilitation exercise system with a linear actuator and MR ...
Ji-Yong Jung +2 more
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Reliability of the Soleus H-Reflex in Different Sitting Postures
Medical Sciences, 2020 The Soleus (SOL) Hoffmann reflex (H-reflex) is commonly recorded in sitting position. However, the reliability of recording is unknown. We assessed the reliability of SOL H-reflex amplitude measurements across multiple traces and sessions during erect ...
Hamad S. Al Amer +2 more
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Total and domain‐specific sitting time among employees in desk‐based work settings in Australia
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2015 Objective: To describe the total and domain‐specific daily sitting time among a sample of Australian office‐based employees. Methods: In April 2010, paper‐based surveys were provided to desk‐based employees (n=801) in Victoria, Australia. Total daily and
Jason A. Bennie +7 more
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Tělesná Kultura, 2011 BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) was defined in a worldwide scientific community as one of the most important factors in dealing with issues of prevention and public health.
Jiří Nykodým, Josef Mitáš
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Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 2018 This study was undertaken to investigate how social facilitation between two chicken breeds could affect their welfare. Sixty chicks each of a commercial broiler (CB) and Nigerian indigenous chicken (NIC) breed were used for this study.
Iyasere Oluwaseun Serah +4 more
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Different Head-Sway Responses to Optic Flow in Sitting and Standing With a Head-Mounted Display
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 We investigated postural responses (head displacements) and self-motion perception (vection) to radial and lateral optic flows while sitting and standing by using a head-mounted display.
Kanon Fujimoto +2 more
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Towards Smart Work Clothing for Automatic Risk Assessment of Physical Workload
IEEE Access, 2018 Work-related musculoskeletal and cardiovascular disorders are still prevalent in today's working population. Nowadays, risk assessments are usually performed via self-reports or observations, which have relatively low reliability. Technology developments
Liyun Yang +7 more
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