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Computer Science, Cybernetics
Nesrine Koubaa, Roua Walha, Simon Briere, Mathieu Hamel, Guillaume Leonard, Patrick Boissy
Summary: An intelligent sit-stand desk with an interactive system was created to automate posture adjustments and improve postural hygiene in the workplace. Results showed a decrease in sitting time and musculoskeletal discomfort, suggesting that the interactive system can facilitate the adoption of sit-stand desks and promote postural hygiene.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
(2023)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Amnah Nasim, David C. Nchekwube, Yoon Sang Kim
Summary: The research focuses on analyzing sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit activities in older adults, proposing a reliability analysis method for nonlinear recurrence features in motion acceleration data to assist in the design of algorithms for assistive devices. High correlation values and low standard error in the measurements show the reliability of determinism and entropy for repeated acceleration measurements in characterizing these activities.
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Economics
Raj Bridgelall
Summary: This research relates the subjective ratings of roughness from regular bus passengers to objective measures of roughness using smartphones. The findings show that passengers can distinguish extreme values of roughness but not intermediate values. Ratings are less distinguishable for smoother rides than for rougher rides. The experiments also reveal a phenomenon of roughness acclimation from regular users of a road segment.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Markus Kiefer, Verena Fruehauf, Thomas Kammer
Summary: By comparing subjective and objective awareness measurements under different stimulus features and contrast levels, researchers found a similar pattern of thresholds for both objective and subjective measurements of awareness. This suggests that objective performance measures and subjective ratings can provide similar information about the content of perceptual experiences.
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Environmental Sciences
Jiameng Ma, Dongmei Ma, Zhi Li, Hyunshik Kim
Summary: This study found that introducing sit-stand desks can significantly reduce sitting time at work, alleviate neck and shoulder pain, and improve employees' subjective health perception and work performance. There was a significant difference between the intervention group and the control group, confirming the effectiveness of sit-stand desks in reducing sedentary behavior, enhancing worker health, and increasing productivity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Oyunsuren Munkhjargal, Yasunori Oka, Sakurako Tanno, Hiroshi Shimizu, Yoko Fujino, Tomoko Kira, Akiko Ooe, Mariko Eguchi, Takashi Higaki
Summary: Discrepancy between subjective and objective sleepiness is common, with subjective sleepiness being more prevalent. Age, bedtime, and neurodevelopmental disorders are significant factors associated with subjective sleepiness without objective sleepiness.
Article
Rehabilitation
Hyun Kyoon Lim, Jooyeon Ko, Donghyun Lee, Dong-uk Han
Summary: In this study, the role of desk support in sit-to-stand (STS) was investigated in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The results showed that using a desk for support improved performance and reduced sway in children with CP during STS. This has implications for rehabilitation training and desk design.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION-ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
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Clinical Neurology
Rachel G. Lucas-Thompson, Tori L. Crain, Rebecca M. Brossoit
Summary: This study examined the correspondence between self-reported and actigraph-measured nighttime sleep duration in adolescents, finding significant associations between the two methods that are applicable to adolescent community samples.
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Christopher Morse, Gladys Onambele-Pearson, Bryn Edwards, Sze Choong Wong, Matthew F. Jacques
Summary: Poor sleep quality is common in MD patients, with 25-81% reporting sleep impairment. Associations were found between sleep impairment and fatigue severity, highlighting the need for further research in this area.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Udo Konradt, Alexander Nath, Sabrina Krys, Frank Heblich
Summary: This study found that the effects of using a sit-stand desk on employees' musculoskeletal complaints and activation fade out over time. The velocity and acceleration of health improvements in the early stages of the intervention predicted medium-term and long-term improvements.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Charlotte Constable Fernandez, Praveetha Patalay, Laura Vaughan, David Church, Mark Hamer, Jane Maddock
Summary: This study aimed to examine the association between neighbourhood safety and physical activity in adolescence. The results showed that adolescents who feel unsafe in their neighbourhood engage in fewer days of physical activity. However, no significant associations were found between reported crime incidence and physical activity. This study highlights the complexity of subjective and objective measurements and their associations with health outcomes.
Article
Urban Studies
Waishan Qiu, Wenjing Li, Xun Liu, Ziye Zhang, Xiaojiang Li, Xiaokai Huang
Summary: Recently, there has been a trend in housing price studies to use street view imagery and hedonic price models to infer the marginal price of streetscape. While most studies have taken an objective approach, this study argues for the importance of subjective perceptions in predicting housing prices. Using Shanghai as a case study, the authors found that subjective scores collectively explained equal price variance compared to objective measures, and subjective scores exhibited stronger strength individually. This study contributes to the understanding of subjective and objective measures of perceptions and environmental qualities, and provides guidance for assessing, designing, and managing street environments.
Article
Engineering, Industrial
Erika Nelson-Wong, John Corrigan, Patrick Mertz, Stephanie Kutcher, Ingrid Carlson, Tara DiRocco, Brianna Hall-Nelson
Summary: Previous studies have shown that providing standing desk interventions to office workers can decrease workplace sitting time. This follow-up study found that although sitting time increased over time, reductions in workplace sitting remained significantly lower compared to baseline values. Additionally, there were no differences in physical activity levels between workers with and without standing desks, suggesting that standing at work may not result in increased overall physical activity levels outside of work.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
A. Bellazzi, L. Danza, A. Devitofrancesco, M. Ghellere, F. Salamone
Summary: Innovative systems like Artificial Skylights (AS) have been developed to replicate natural light, with similarities and differences compared to daylight. Both AS and daylight offer positives like pleasantness and circadian stimuli, but also negatives like glare perception. Workstations receiving diffuse light from AS were found to be the most comfortable and efficient.
JOURNAL OF BUILDING ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Marta Garaulet, Barbara Vizmanos, Teresa Muela, Alejandra Betancourt-Nunez, Maria-angeles Bonmati-Carrion, Celine Vetter, Hassan S. Dashti, Richa Saxena, Frank A. J. L. Scheer
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between being an evening type and reporting emotional eating behaviors. The results showed that evening types had higher scores on emotional eating and were more likely to be emotional eaters. They also scored higher on disinhibition/overeating and food craving factors. A meta-analysis revealed that being an evening type was associated with a higher score on emotional eating. Furthermore, individuals with late dim-light melatonin onset showed higher scores on emotional eating.
Article
Sport Sciences
Dennis Ludin, Lars Donath, Stephen Cobley, Michael Romann
Summary: The study found that bio-banding versus chronological age competition can impact the physiological and technical-tactical performance indicators of youth elite soccer players, particularly depending on the individual maturity status of players.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Sanghyeon Ji, Lars Donath, Patrick Wahl
Summary: This study compared the effects of alternating unilateral vs. simultaneous bilateral resistance training on endurance athletes. The results showed that alternating unilateral training had positive effects on increasing maximal leg strength and cycling performance, while bilateral training performed better in cycling economy at submaximal intensities.
JOURNAL OF STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Anne Hecksteden, Ralf Kellner, Lars Donath
Summary: In football research, small sample sizes can lead to issues such as inconclusive results and overestimation of effect sizes. Therefore, ensuring the target sample size is met is crucial.
SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN FOOTBALL
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Steffen Held, Ludwig Rappelt, Lars Donath
Summary: Accurate assessment of peak rowing power is crucial for rowing specific performance testing. The study found that the non-modified rowing ergometer showed high reliability within and between days, and higher power outputs during FEC rowing compared to isolated concentric contractions.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE AND MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alice Minghetti, Lars Donath, Henner Hanssen, Ralf Roth, Eric Lichtenstein, Lukas Zahner, Oliver Faude
Summary: This study analyzed physical, cardiovascular, and psychosocial health in different age groups at the far end of the lifespan. The results showed small differences in physical and psychosocial health between age groups, with larger differences in arterial stiffness. Exercise programs in nursing homes should consider physical, psychosocial, and cardiovascular variables more than age.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Physiology
Steffen Held, Ludwig Rappelt, Pamela Wicker, Lars Donath
Summary: The study suggests that relocating the oar to behind the rotation axis (GATE) may improve rowing performance by shifting the entire rowing stroke towards the catch. Minimizing detrimental boat movements for perfect synchrony is important during crew rowing.
FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Alice Minghetti, Oliver Faude, Lars Donath, Henner Hanssen
Summary: This study found that a gross motor skill-based exercise intervention has positive effects on micro- and macro-vascular health in preschoolers. Children who received the intervention showed better performance in gross motor skills assessment compared to the control group, while differences in other vascular health parameters were minimal. Motor skill-based interventions are important for incorporating physical activity in preschools and improving gross motor proficiency at a young age. Further research is needed to explore the potential of these interventions as a primary prevention strategy in healthy preschoolers.
JOURNAL OF CHILD HEALTH CARE
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ludwig Rappelt, Steffen Held, Lars Donath
Summary: Handcycling with simultaneous lower body low-frequency EMS application can significantly increase oxygen uptake and may serve as a stimulus to improve aerobic capacity in rehabilitation populations.
Review
Sport Sciences
Sebastian Ludyga, Steffen Held, Ludwig Rappelt, Lars Donath, Stefanie Klatt
Summary: In young and middle-aged adults, executive function is associated with success in work-life and mental health. Physical activity combined with cognitive training has the potential to benefit executive function, with combined exercise and working memory training showing the greatest benefits for working memory and single executive function training being most effective for inhibitory control. Working memory training and coordinative exercise ranked second and third in effectiveness for both executive function outcomes.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Sport Sciences
Florian Micke, Steffen Held, Jessica Lindenthal, Lars Donath
Summary: This systematic review and network meta-analysis evaluated the effectiveness of different electromyostimulation (EMS) interventions on performance parameters in athletes. The study found that a combination of resistance training with superimposed EMS and additional jump training had the highest effects on strength and jump outcomes. Jump training with superimposed whole-body electromyostimulation (WB-EMS) showed the highest effect on sprint outcomes, while high intensity bodyweight resistance training with superimposed WB-EMS had the highest effect on aerobic capacity.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Physiology
Thomas Reichel, Steffen Held, Anthony Schwarz, Sebastian Hacker, Fabian Wesemann, Lars Donath, Karsten Krueger
Summary: This study investigated the acute response of exercise-sensitive biomarkers in capillary plasma to an acute incremental running test. The results showed that the concentrations of most biomarkers increased in the capillary plasma after exercise. However, the associations between capillary plasma and venous serum were low.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Steffen Held, Brent Raiteri, Ludwig Rappelt, Daniel Hahn, Lars Donath
Summary: A rowing cycle involves active fascicle stretch at the muscle level, with the intensity and style of rowing affecting the amount of stretch. High-intensity rowing shows the longest, largest, and fastest active stretch. These findings are important for understanding the mechanisms behind rowing performance.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SPORT SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Steffen Held, Ludwig Rappelt, Jan-Philip Deutsch, Lars Donath
Summary: Research shows that the non-failure-based velocity-based resistance training with load and volume matching (VL10) has a smaller negative impact on jump and sprint performance and shorter recovery time compared to the failure-based 1-repetition maximum-based resistance training to failure (TRF).
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Ludwig Rappelt, Steffen Held, Mario Leicht, Pamela Wicker, Lars Donath
Summary: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of cluster set online training with traditional training. The results showed that cluster set online training was similar to traditional training in terms of strength and balance improvements, but with lower perceived effort. Therefore, using a cluster set structure in training programs for middle-aged and older people is a suitable approach.
FRONTIERS IN SPORTS AND ACTIVE LIVING
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Berit K. Labott, Steffen Held, Tim Wiedenmann, Ludwig Rappelt, Pamela Wicker, Lars Donath
Summary: This study assessed the validity and reliability of a new force measurement device for climbing strength assessment. The results showed excellent validity and reliability, indicating that this device can be used for cross-sectional and longitudinal climbing strength assessment.
FRONTIERS IN SPORTS AND ACTIVE LIVING
(2022)
