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Trial reportBioMed research international2018

Office-Cycling: A Promising Way to Raise Pain Thresholds and Increase Metabolism with Minimal Compromising of Work Performance.

Rebecca Tronarp, André Nyberg, Mattias Hedlund, Charlotte K Häger, Suzanne McDonough, Martin Björklund

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Trial report in BioMed research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rebecca TronarpDepartment of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-6902-2353
André NybergDepartment of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Mattias HedlundDepartment of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Charlotte K HägerDepartment of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Suzanne McDonoughInstitute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Jordanstown, UK.
Martin BjörklundDepartment of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimEstablishing the effects of low intensity cycling (LC), moderate intensity cycling (MC), and standing at a simulated office workstation on pain modulation, work performance, and metabolic expenditure.

methods36 healthy adults (21 females), mean age 26.8 (SD 7.6) years, partook in this randomized 3 × 3 crossover trial with 75 minutes of LC on 20% of maximum aerobic power (MAP) output, 30 minutes of MC on 50% of MAP, and standing 30 minutes with 48-hour wash-out periods. Outcome measures were pain modulation (pressure pain threshold (PPT) and thermal pain threshold)), work performance (transcription, mouse pointing, and cognitive performance), and metabolic expenditure.

resultsPPTs increased in all conditions. PPT trapezius showed the highest increase after LC, 39.3 kilopascals (kPa) (15.6; 78.6), compared to MC, 17.0 kPa (2.8; 49.9), and standing, 16.8 kPa (-5.6; 39.4),

conclusionsLC seems to be the preferred option; it raised PPTs, more than doubled metabolic expenditure, whilst minimally influencing work performance.

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PostureWork PerformanceAdultBicyclingCross-Over StudiesFemaleHumansMalePain Perception

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PMID29607323
PMCPMC5828532

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