ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2019
Relationships between Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Cognitive Functions in Office Workers.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effects of work on cognitive functions: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Pooled it
- Total Sedentary Time and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Executive Function in the Effectiveness of Multi-Component Interventions Targeting Physical Activity Behavior in Office Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Effects of Two Randomized and Controlled Multi-Component Interventions Focusing On 24-Hour Movement Behavior among Office Workers: A Compositional Data Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Effect of smartwatch and break-reminder with exercises application on cardiometabolic risk and cognition in office workers: a single group pre-posttest design.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Interrupting sedentary behaviour in the workplace through active breaks: a protocol study.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2026Article
- Ten-Minute Physical Activity Breaks Improve Attention and Executive Functions in Healthcare Workers.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Association between dietary diversity, sedentary time outside of work and depressive symptoms among knowledge workers: a multi-center cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The independent and joint association of accelerometer-measured physical activity and sedentary time with dementia: a cohort study in the UK Biobank.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Article
- Concurrent Agreement Between ActiGraph and activPAL for Measuring Physical Activity in Pregnant Women and Office Workers.Journal for the measurement of physical behaviour · 2022Article
- The effect of two multi-component behavior change interventions on cognitive functions.BMC public health · 2022Article
- The interrelationship between physical activity intensity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and executive function in middle-aged adults: An observational study of office workers.Frontiers in public health · 2022Observational
- Bi-Directional, Day-to-Day Associations between Objectively-Measured Physical Activity, Sedentary Behavior, and Sleep among Office Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Differences in Habitual Physical Activity Behavior between Students from Different Vocational Education Tracks and the Association with Cognitive Performance.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Psychosocial determinants of physical activity among workers: an integrative review.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT · 2021Review
- ABBaH: Activity Breaks for Brain Health. A Protocol for a Randomized Crossover Trial.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
Increasing evidence from animal experiments suggests that physical activity (PA) promotes neuroplasticity and learning. For humans, most research on the relationship between PA, sedentary behaviour (SB), and cognitive function has relied on self-reported measures of behaviour. Office work is characterised by high durations of SB combined with high work demands. While previous studies have shown that fitter office workers outperform their less fit colleagues in cognitive tests, the importance of PA and SB remains unknown. This study investigated associations between objectively measured PA and SB, using hip-worn accelerometers, and cognitive functions in 334 office workers. Time spent in moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) was not associated with any cognitive outcome. However, time spent in SB tended to be positively associated with words recalled in free recall (β = 0.125). For the least fit participants, the average length of MVPA bouts was favourably related to Stroop performance (β = -0.211), while for the fitter individuals, a longer average length of MVPA bouts was related to worse recognition (β = -0.216). While our findings indicate that the length of MVPA bouts was associated with better Stroop performance in the least fit participants, our findings do not support the notion that more time spent in MVPA or less time in SB is associated with better cognitive function.
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