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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019 OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate the impact of the Stand Up Victoria intervention – a multicomponent workplace intervention that successfully reduced workplace sitting – on productivity in the short- and longer-term. METHODS: Desk-based workers [5–
James E Peterman +8 more
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International Journal of SurgeryBackground: Kidney stones are among the most common urological conditions affecting ~9% of the world population. Although some unhealthy diets and unhealthy lifestyles are reportedly risk factors for kidney stone, the association between daily sitting ...
Ya Li +5 more
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Smart-Cover: A real time sitting posture monitoring system
, 2021 Prolonged asymmetrical sitting is common and can exacerbate musculoskeletal back pain and spinal deformities. Monitoring sitting posture can help maintain correct posture and prevent health problems.
A. R. Anwary +3 more
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A Smart System for Sitting Posture Detection Based on Force Sensors and Mobile Application [PDF]
Mobile Information Systems, 2020 The employees’ health and well-being are an actual topic in our fast-moving world. Employers lose money when their employees suffer from different health problems and cannot work. The major problem is the spinal pain caused by the poor sitting posture on
S. Matúška, Martin Paralic, R. Hudec
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Journal of Physical Therapy Science, 2020 [Purpose] This study aimed to determine the validity and reliability of isometric knee extension muscle strength measurements using a belt-stabilized hand-held dynamometer compared to that using an isokinetic dynamometer with the participant in a sitting
Masahiro Hirano +3 more
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Hip Positioning and Sitting Posture Recognition Based on Human Sitting Pressure Image
Italian National Conference on Sensors, 2021 Bad sitting posture is harmful to human health. Intelligent sitting posture recognition algorithm can remind people to correct their sitting posture. In this paper, a sitting pressure image acquisition system was designed.
Qilong Wan, Haiming Zhao, Jie Li, P. Xu
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Sitting Time and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2019 CONTEXT Whether physical activity attenuates the association of total daily sitting time with cardiovascular disease and diabetes incidence is unclear.
Daniel P. Bailey +3 more
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Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2023 Aim The purpose of this analysis was to report the prevalence of falls and falls-related injuries among those reporting differ-ent volumes of weekly sedentary time, and to understand the association of sedentary time and falls, accounting for ...
Lúcio G. Lustosa +3 more
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Sitting, squatting, and the evolutionary biology of human inactivity
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020 Significance Inactivity is a growing public health risk in industrialized societies, leading some to suggest that our bodies did not evolve to be sedentary. Here, we show that, in a group of hunter-gatherers, time spent sedentary is similar to that found
D. Raichlen +6 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 This study aimed to assess the association between smartphone use in the sitting posture and changes in thoracolumbar kyphosis, lumbar lordosis, and pelvic asymmetry in adolescents with low back pain (LBP). Twenty-five adolescents with LBP and 25 healthy
Tae-sung In +3 more
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