Methods in Experimental Work Break Research: A Scoping Review

Work design for airport security officers: Effects of rest break schedules and adaptable automation

(2019) Alain Chavaillaz et al.   APPLIED ERGONOMICS

Can exposure variation be promoted in the shoulder girdle muscles by modifying work pace and inserting pauses during simulated assembly work?

(2018) Leticia Bergamin Januario et al.   APPLIED ERGONOMICS

Muscular and Vascular Issues Induced by Prolonged Standing With Different Work–Rest Cycles With Active or Passive Breaks

(2018) Maria-Gabriela Garcia et al.   HUMAN FACTORS

The impact of work rest scheduling for prolonged standing activity

(2018) Ismail ABDUL RAHMAN et al.   INDUSTRIAL HEALTH

Impact of Nurses Taking Daily Work Breaks in a Hospital Garden on Burnout

(2018) Makayla Cordoza et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE

Functional work breaks in a high-demanding work environment: an experimental field study

(2017) André Scholz et al.   ERGONOMICS

Integration of active pauses and pattern of muscular activity during computer work

(2017) Nancy St-Onge et al.   ERGONOMICS

Searching for Affective and Cognitive Restoration: Examining the Restorative Effects of Casual Video Game Play

(2017) Michael A. Rupp et al.   HUMAN FACTORS

Antecedents and outcomes of nurses’ rest break organization: A scoping review

(2017) Johannes Wendsche et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES

The effects of a mid-task break on the brain connectome in healthy participants: A resting-state functional MRI study

(2017) Yu Sun et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Dynamics of high frequency brain activity

(2017) Steven X. Moffett et al.   Scientific Reports

The effect of rest break schedule on acute low back pain development in pain and non-pain developers during seated work

(2016) Peter J. Sheahan et al.   APPLIED ERGONOMICS

Impact of rest breaks on musculoskeletal discomfort of Chikan embroiderers of West Bengal, India: a follow up field study

(2016) Sabarni Chakrabarty et al.   JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Modulating rest-break length induces differential recruitment of automatic and controlled attentional processes upon task reengagement

(2016) Julian Lim et al.   NEUROIMAGE

Impact of Booster Breaks and Computer Prompts on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Among Desk-Based Workers: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

(2016) Wendell C. Taylor et al.   Preventing Chronic Disease

Sustained Attention in Auditory and Visual Monitoring Tasks

(2015) G. Robert Arrabito et al.   HUMAN FACTORS

The Effects of Varying Break Length on Attention and Time on Task

(2015) Julian Lim et al.   HUMAN FACTORS

An experimental study of the job demand–control model with measures of heart rate variability and salivary alpha-amylase: Evidence of increased stress responses to increased break autonomy

(2015) Emma O’Donnell et al.   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Short Bouts of Intensive Exercise During the Workday Have a Positive Effect on Neuro-cognitive Performance

(2015) Petra Wollseiffen et al.   STRESS AND HEALTH

Effects of organisational-level interventions at work on employees’ health: a systematic review

(2014) Diego Montano et al.   BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

Postural Variability

(2014) Kermit G. Davis et al.   HUMAN FACTORS

Can Cognitive Activities during Breaks in Repetitive Manual Work Accelerate Recovery from Fatigue? A Controlled Experiment

(2014) Svend Erik Mathiassen et al.   PLoS One

Stop and revive? The effectiveness of nap and active rest breaks for reducing driver sleepiness

(2014) Christopher N. Watling et al.   PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY

Walks4Work: Assessing the role of the natural environment in a workplace physical activity intervention

(2014) Daniel K Brown et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF WORK ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH

Effects of breaks and goal switches on the vigilance decrement

(2014) Hayden A. Ross et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BRAIN RESEARCH

The effects of a self-selected nap opportunity on the psychophysiological, performance and subjective measures during a simulated industrial night shift regimen

(2013) Jonathan Davy et al.   ERGONOMICS

Sustainable Reduction of Sleepiness through Salutogenic Self-Care Procedure in Lunch Breaks: A Pilot Study

(2013) Sebastian Schnieder et al.   Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Effects of Two 15-min Naps on the Subjective Sleepiness, Fatigue and Heart Rate Variability of Night Shift Nurses

(2013) Sanae ORIYAMA et al.   INDUSTRIAL HEALTH

EEG alpha activity is associated with individual differences in post-break improvement

(2013) Julian Lim et al.   NEUROIMAGE

How about Lunch? Consequences of the Meal Context on Cognition and Emotion

(2013) Werner Sommer et al.   PLoS One

Do Micropauses Prevent Surgeonʼs Fatigue and Loss of Accuracy Associated With Prolonged Surgery? An Experimental Prospective Study

(2012) Dominique Dorion et al.   ANNALS OF SURGERY

Activity–rest schedules in physically demanding work and the variation of responses with age

(2012) Nadine Kakarot et al.   ERGONOMICS

Stretching and joint mobilization exercises reduce call-center operators' musculoskeletal discomfort and fatigue

(2011) Denise Helena de Castro Lacaze et al.   Clinics

Increasing short-term output in assembly work

(2011) Michiel P. de Looze et al.   Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries

Rest during shift work in the emergency department

(2010) Biswadev Mitra et al.   Australian Health Review

Effects of intraoperative breaks on mental and somatic operator fatigue: a randomized clinical trial

(2010) Carsten Engelmann et al.   SURGICAL ENDOSCOPY AND OTHER INTERVENTIONAL TECHNIQUES

The effects of a 30-minute napping opportunity during an actual night shift on performance and sleepiness in shift workers∗∗

(2009) M. E. Howard et al.   BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM RESEARCH

Short-term effects of implemented high intensity shoulder elevation during computer work

(2009) Mette K Larsen et al.   BMC MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS

Effects of eccentric exercise on trapezius electromyography during computer work with active and passive pauses

(2009) Afshin Samani et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

Active pauses induce more variable electromyographic pattern of the trapezius muscle activity during computer work

(2009) Afshin Samani et al.   JOURNAL OF ELECTROMYOGRAPHY AND KINESIOLOGY

Vigilance Requires Hard Mental Work and Is Stressful

(2008) Joel S. Warm et al.   HUMAN FACTORS