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    Associations of office workers’ objectively assessed occupational sitting, standing and stepping time with musculoskeletal symptoms

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    Coenen, P.
    Healy, Genevieve
    Winkler, E.
    Dunstan, D.
    Owen, N.
    Moodie, M.
    LaMontagne, A.
    Eakin, E.
    O Sullivan, P.
    Straker, Leon
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Coenen, P. and Healy, G. and Winkler, E. and Dunstan, D. and Owen, N. and Moodie, M. and LaMontagne, A. et al. 2018. Associations of office workers’ objectively assessed occupational sitting, standing and stepping time with musculoskeletal symptoms. Ergonomics. 61 (9): pp. 1187-1195.
    Source Title
    Ergonomics
    DOI
    10.1080/00140139.2018.1462891
    ISSN
    0014-0139
    School
    School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67936
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We examined the association of musculoskeletal symptoms (MSS) with workplace sitting, standing and stepping time, as well as sitting and standing time accumulation (i.e. usual bout duration of these activities), measured objectively with the activPAL3 monitor. Using baseline data from the Stand Up Victoria trial (216 office workers, 14 workplaces), cross-sectional associations of occupational activities with self-reported MSS (low-back, upper and lower extremity symptoms in the last three months) were examined using probit regression, correcting for clustering and adjusting for confounders. Sitting bout duration was significantly (p  <  0.05) associated, non-linearly, with MSS, such that those in the middle tertile displayed the highest prevalence of upper extremity symptoms. Other associations were non-significant but sometimes involved large differences in symptom prevalence (e.g. 38%) by activity. Though causation is unclear, these non-linear associations suggest that sitting and its alternatives (i.e. standing and stepping) interact with MSS and this should be considered when designing safe work systems. Practitioner summary: We studied associations of objectively assessed occupational activities with musculoskeletal symptoms in office workers. Workers who accumulated longer sitting bouts reported fewer upper extremity symptoms. Total activity duration was not significantly associated with musculoskeletal symptoms. We underline the importance of considering total volumes and patterns of activity time in musculoskeletal research.

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