Cardiac autonomic responses to different tasks in office workers with access to a sit-stand table – a study in real work setting. Issue 3 (4th March 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Cardiac autonomic responses to different tasks in office workers with access to a sit-stand table – a study in real work setting. Issue 3 (4th March 2021)
- Main Title:
- Cardiac autonomic responses to different tasks in office workers with access to a sit-stand table – a study in real work setting
- Authors:
- Brusaca, Luiz Augusto
Barbieri, Dechristian França
Beltrame, Thomas
Milan-Mattos, Juliana Cristina
Catai, Aparecida Maria
Oliveira, Ana Beatriz - Abstract:
- Abstract: The aim of this study was to characterise the cardiac autonomic modulation of different office tasks performed by office workers with access to a sit-stand table. Heart rate variability (HRV) of 24 office workers was measured for two hours during three days in the last week of sit-stand table use. HRV indexes and the percentage of heart rate reserve (%HRR) were calculated during computer and non-computer work tasks while sitting or standing, non-computer tasks away from the work desk, and informal work breaks. All cardiac autonomic responses demonstrated a statistically significant interaction effect between the tasks (all p < 0.05) except for the logarithmically-transformed high frequency power (ln HF ms 2 ; p = 0.14). Tasks performed while standing and away from the desk had higher sympathetic modulation; in addition, the observed higher %HRR demonstrated that these tasks were more physically demanding in comparison to other tasks. Practitioner Summary: Prior reports indicated benefits based on alternated body postures using sit-stand table. Nevertheless, the cardiac autonomic responses of different tasks performed by office workers are unknown. This cross-sectional study showed that different tasks stimulate the cardiac autonomic nervous system in different ways, which could bring positive effects to the cardiovascular system.
- Is Part Of:
- Ergonomics. Volume 64:Issue 3(2021)
- Journal:
- Ergonomics
- Issue:
- Volume 64:Issue 3(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 64, Issue 3 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 64
- Issue:
- 3
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0064-0003-0000
- Page Start:
- 354
- Page End:
- 365
- Publication Date:
- 2021-03-04
- Subjects:
- Heart rate variability -- heart rate -- office work -- sit-stand table -- occupational health
Human engineering -- Periodicals
Cybernetics -- Periodicals
Industrial management -- Periodicals
Ergonomie -- Périodiques
Cybernétique -- Périodiques
Gestion d'entreprise -- Périodiques
620.8205 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/terg20/current ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/00140139.2020.1830184 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0014-0139
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