ArticleBMJ open sport & exercise medicine2016
Chair-based fidgeting and energy expenditure.
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- Effects of Interrupting Prolonged Sitting with Physical Activity Breaks on Blood Glucose, Insulin and Triacylglycerol Measures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- The metabolic effects of habitual leg shaking: A randomized crossover trial.Journal of diabetes · 2024Trial
- Using functional principal component analysis (FPCA) to quantify sitting patterns derived from wearable sensors.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Trial
- Leg Fidgeting During Prolonged Sitting Improves Postprandial Glycemic Control in People with Obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Trial
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- Breaking prolonged sitting increases 24-h physical activity and self-perceived energy levels but does not acutely affect cognition in healthy adults.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Non-exercise activity thermogenesis in the workplace: The office is on fire.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- Concurrent and discriminant validity of ActiGraph waist and wrist cut-points to measure sedentary behaviour, activity level, and posture in office work.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Dynamic sitting: Measurement and associations with metabolic health.Journal of sports sciences · 2019Article
- Spontaneous Physical Activity Defends Against Obesity.Current obesity reports · 2017Review
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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionSedentariness is associated with chronic health conditions, impaired cognitive function and obesity. Work contributes significantly to sedentariness because many work tasks necessitate sitting. Few sustained solutions exist to reverse workplace sedentariness. Here, we evaluated a chair and an under-table device that were designed to promote fidgeting while seated. Our hypothesis was that an under-table leg-fidget bar and/or a fidget-promoting chair significantly increased energy expenditure. We compared these devices with chair-based exercise and walking. MATERIALS AND
methodsWe measured energy expenditure and heart rate in 16 people while they sat and worked using a standard chair, an under-desk device that encourages leg fidgeting and a fidget-promoting chair. We compared outcomes with chair-based exercise and walking.
resultsEnergy expenditure increased significantly while using either an under-table leg-fidget bar or a fidget-promoting chair, when compared to the standard office chair (standard chair, 76±31 kcal/hour; leg-fidget bar, 98±42 kcal/hour (p<0.001); fidget chair, 89±40 kcal/hour (p=0.03)). However, heart rate did not increase significantly in either case. Bouts of exercise performed while seated provided energetic and heart rate equivalency to walking at 2 mph.
conclusionsChairs and devices that promote fidgeting can increase energy expenditure by ∼20-30% but not increase heart rate. Dynamic sitting may be among a lexicon of options to help people move more while at work.
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