Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Standing Desks in a Grade 4 Classroom over the Full School Year.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Effects of Classroom Active Desks on Children and Adolescents' Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, Academic Achievements and Overall Health: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Pupils' and teachers' experiences with implementing standing desks in secondary schools in Belgium.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Reducing classroom sedentary behaviour: a scoping review of interventions and student involvement.Health promotion international · 2025Article
- Effects of flexible learning spaces, active breaks, and active lessons on sedentary behaviors, physical activity, learning, and musculoskeletal health in school-aged children: a scoping review.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2024Review
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- Exploratory study of the acute and mid-term effects of using a novel dynamic meeting environment (AerisFrontiers in human neuroscience · 2023Article
- The Effect of Classroom-Based Interventions on Sedentary Behavior and Spinal Health in Schoolchildren: Systematic Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2022Review
- Effects of using standing desks for 45 minutes on the stress and executive function of elementary school students.PloS one · 2022Article
- Teachers' Perspective on Strategies to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Educational Institutions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Impacts of a Standing Desk Intervention within an English Primary School Classroom: A Pilot Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
School-aged children are spending increasingly long periods of time engaged in sedentary activities such as sitting. Recent school-based studies have examined the intervention effects of introducing standing desks into the classroom in the short and medium term. The aim of this repeated-measures crossover design study was to assess the sit-stand behaviour, waking sedentary time and physical activity, and musculoskeletal discomfort at the start and the end of a full school year following the provision of standing desks into a Grade 4 classroom. Accelerometry and musculoskeletal discomfort were measured in both standing and traditional desk conditions at the start and at the end of the school year. At both time points, when students used a standing desk, there was an increase in standing time (17-26 min/school day) and a reduction in sitting time (17-40 min/school day). There was no significant difference in sit-stand behaviour during school hours or sedentary time and physical activity during waking hours between the start and the end of the school year. Students were less likely to report discomfort in the neck and shoulders when using a standing desk and this finding was consistent over the full school year. The beneficial effects of using a standing desk were maintained over the full school year, after the novelty of using a standing desk had worn off.
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