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Geriatrics & Gerontology
Izabela Zajac-Gawlak, Jana Pelclova, Dorota Groffik, Miroslava Pridalova, Agnieszka Nawrat-Szoltysik, Aleksandra Kroemeke, Ales Gaba, Ewa Sadowska-Krepa
Summary: This longitudinal study suggests that meeting step-based guidelines or increasing daily steps may be associated with a lower risk of MetS, specifically in concentrations of HDL-C and TG. These findings could help in designing interventions to decrease the risk of MetS in older women.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Jacinta Waack, Ben Meadley, Cameron Gosling
Summary: This study aims to examine the utility of universal physical tasks tests for ambulance work. By comparing Canadian and Australian ambulance services, it was found that although some tasks were similar, they cannot be compared cross-nationally due to differences in equipment, training, and policies. Therefore, service-specific job task analysis is needed to develop appropriate PETs.
APPLIED ERGONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Ben Meadley, Kelly-Ann Bowles, Karen Smith, Luke Perraton, Joanne Caldwell
Summary: A study was conducted to develop task descriptions for land and water winch rescue based on historical case data and a subject matter expert focus group, aiming to assess physiological workload for helicopter rescue paramedics.
APPLIED ERGONOMICS
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Micaela Porta, Bruno Leban, Pier Francesco Orru, Massimiliano Pau
Summary: In this study, wearable accelerometers were used to characterize the patterns of upper limb activity in metalworking company employees. The results showed that machine tool operators exhibited marked asymmetry of use in favor of their dominant limb. These findings suggest that wrist-worn accelerometers may provide essential information for assessing the risk of work-related upper limb disorders.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Zhenya Chang, Wei Lei
Summary: The study found that physical activity has a protective effect on daytime sleep duration in preschool children, while sedentary behavior has a negative impact on nighttime sleep duration. Screen-type sedentary behaviors may lead to a reduction in nighttime sleep duration, but quiet learning sedentary behaviors do not have a significant correlation with sleep duration. Gender and socioeconomic status are important factors influencing the relationship between physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep duration in preschool children.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Paul O'Halloran, Courtney Sullivan, Kiera Staley, Matthew Nicholson, Erica Randle, Adrian Bauman, Alex Donaldson, Nicola McNeil, Arthur Stukas, Annemarie Wright, Michael Kingsley
Summary: This study aimed to assess the validity of a single item measure (SIM) in detecting change in physical activity levels in adolescents. The results showed that the SIM is adequate for assessing physical activity at a single time point but not recommended for assessing change.
Article
Nursing
Tanja I. Janssen, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage
Summary: This study investigated and analyzed the leisure-time and occupational physical activity of healthcare workers and assessed their relationship with cardiovascular health. The study found that there were significant differences in intensity and duration between leisure-time and occupational physical activity, and the two were negatively correlated. Occupational physical activity had an unfavorable effect on cardiovascular parameters, while leisure-time physical activity was beneficial. However, the quality of evidence in this study was low.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hege Hov Lomsdal, Sondre Arntzen Arntzen Lomsdal, Pal Lagestad
Summary: This study examined the impact of 60 minutes of physical activity during school hours on 15-year-olds' MVPA throughout the school day. The results showed that the intervention significantly increased the MVPA of low-active students, possibly bridging social differences in MVPA among adolescents.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jean-Baptiste Tylcz, Max Schreiber, Dominik Michalski, Joseph Classen, Galina Ivanova
Summary: Daily physical activity is crucial for improving health and preventing chronic diseases and acute events. This paper proposes a modified method using gravity estimation to compensate for inaccurate sensors and enable the use of low sampled wrist accelerometer data for physical activity detection and quantification in daily live environments. The algorithm was evaluated on healthy subjects and showed the ability to discriminate between low, moderate, and high intensity activities.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Diogo Vilela Ferreira, Eduardo Marins, Paulo Cavalcante, Vinicius Simas, Elisa F. D. Canetti, Robin Orr, Amilton Vieira
Summary: This study aimed to identify important and physically demanding tasks performed by Brazilian firefighters and to inform physical fitness tests. A subjective task analysis was conducted, and 524 firefighters responded to an online survey. Wildland firefighting, lifeguard rescue, automobile accidents, and structural firefighting tasks were identified as essential. These tasks can assist in developing criterion physical fitness tests and training programs for firefighters.
Article
Oncology
Eric T. Hyde, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Kelly R. Evenson, Annie Green Howard, Blake Anuskiewicz, Chongzhi Di, John Bellettiere, Michael J. LaMonte, JoAnn E. Manson, Julie E. Buring, Eric J. Shiroma, I-Min Lee, Humberto Parada Jr
Summary: This study examined the association between accelerometer-measured physical activity and breast cancer risk. It found that higher levels of physical activity were associated with a lower risk of breast cancer, and this association varied by age and obesity, as well as BMI or physical function.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Bruno G. G. da Costa, Brenda Bruner, Graydon H. Raymer, Sara M. Scharoun Benson, Jean-Philippe Chaput, Tara McGoey, Greg Rickwood, Jennifer Robertson-Wilson, Travis J. Saunders, Barbi Law
Summary: This study examines the association between physical activity, sedentary behavior, and mental health among Canadian school-aged children and adolescents throughout the day. The findings suggest that replacing sedentary behavior with light physical activity during specific time periods may benefit students' mental health.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Shaan Khurshid, Mostafa A. Al-Alusi, Timothy W. Churchill, J. Sawalla Guseh, Patrick T. Ellinor
Summary: According to the UK Biobank cohort study, concentrating physical activity within 1-2 days is associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular events, similarly to more evenly distributed activity, as confirmed by accelerometer data.
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Daphne C. Ho, Dianne Tolgyesi, Cheryl Beech, Steven L. Fischer
Summary: Due to increased work demands, personal support workers (PSWs) are experiencing more work-related injuries. However, little is known about the physical demands of PSW work tasks. This study aimed to identify physically demanding tasks as perceived by PSWs and the contextual factors that influence physical demands. The findings can be used to develop physical employment standards and task-specific education and training to prevent injuries among PSWs.
APPLIED ERGONOMICS
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Jiaren Chen, Ting-Fu Lai, Li-Jung Lin, Jong-Hwan Park, Yung Liao
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between overall and timing-specific physical activity and depressive symptoms in older Taiwanese adults. The results showed that overall moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) engagement was associated with lower depressive symptom scores in older adults. However, no significant associations were observed between overall light physical activity (LPA), timing-specific MVPA and LPA, and depression in older adults.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)