Trial reportEuropean journal of applied physiology2016
Implementing intelligent physical exercise training at the workplace: health effects among office workers-a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in European journal of applied physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors for adherence to a physical activity promotion program in the workplace: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of worksite wellness programs based on physical activity to improve workers' health and productivity: a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Physical Exercise Training in the Workplace on Physical Fitness: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2019Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a progressive resistance exercise program for industrial workers during breaks on perceived fatigue control: a cluster randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Intelligent Physical Exercise Training in a Workplace Setting Improves Muscle Strength and Musculoskeletal Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.BioMed research international · 2017Trial
- Salutogenic Principles in Workplace Health Promotion Interventions: A Scoping Review.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Consumer Acceptability and Metabolic Health Benefits of Meals Containing Pulses (Chickpeas, Lentils, Peas) for Sedentary Office Workers.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- A randomized controlled trial utilizing an interactive accelerometer linked to a smartphone application for enhancing physical activity and health among military employees.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Psychological resilience training for leaders in extreme times: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Unleashing the potential of Health Promotion in primary care-a scoping literature review.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Implementation of Intelligent Physical Exercise Training at a Danish Hospital-A Qualitative Study of Employees' Barriers and Facilitators for Participation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Exercise Prescription for the Work-Life Population and Beyond.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2023Review
- The associations of job strain and leisure-time physical activity with the risk of hypertension: the population-based Midlife in the United States cohort study.Epidemiology and health · 2022Article
- A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol for Using an Accelerometer-Smartphone Application Intervention to Increase Physical Activity and Improve Health among Employees in a Military Workplace.Methods and protocols · 2021Article
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated with a Reduced Cardiovascular Risk in Occupational Groups with Different Working Conditions: A Cross-Sectional Study among Police Officers and Office Workers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Metabolic Energy Contributions During High-Intensity Hatha Yoga and Physiological Comparisons Between Active and Passive (Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Efficacy and costs of a workplace wellness programme.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2020Article
- Using an intervention mapping approach to develop prevention and rehabilitation strategies for musculoskeletal pain among surgeons.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Implementation strategies, and barriers and facilitators for implementation of physical activity at work: a scoping review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeThe aim was to assess 1-year cardiovascular health effects of Intelligent Physical Exercise Training, IPET.
methodsOffice workers from six companies were randomized 1:1 to a training group, TG (N = 194) or a control group, CG (N = 195). TG received 1-h supervised high intensity IPET every week within working hours for 1 year, and was recommended to perform 30-min of moderate intensity physical activity 6 days a week during leisure. The training program was based on baseline health check measures of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), body composition, blood pressure, blood profile, and musculoskeletal health.
resultsThere were no baseline differences between groups. CRF assessed as VO2max in absolute values and relative to body weight was (mean ± SD): 3.0 ± 0.8 l/min and 35.4 ± 10.9 ml/min/kg for females, 3.9 ± 1.0 l/min and 37.9 ± 11.79 ml/min/kg for males. Intention to treat analysis demonstrated a significant almost 5 % increase in VO2max in TG compared with CG. A per protocol analysis of those with an adherence of ≥70 % demonstrated a significant increase in CRF of more than 10 % compared with CG, and a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure (-5.3 ± 13.7 mm Hg) compared with CG.
conclusionHigh intensity IPET combined with the recommendations of moderate intensity physical activity demonstrated significant clinical relevant improvements in CRF and systolic blood pressure. This underlines the effectiveness of health promotion by implementing physical exercise training at the workplace.
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