This review examines the effectiveness of sit–stand workstations at reducing worker
discomfort without causing a decrease in productivity. Four databases were searched for …

For undergraduate-level courses in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Business
Psychology, Personnel Psychology and Applied Psychology. Psychology and Work Today …

Time can be thought of as a resource that people need for good health. Healthy behaviour,
accessing health services, working, resting and caring all require time. Like other resources …

Considerable policy action has focused on the social patterning of health, especially the
health risks associated with low income. More recent attention has turned to transport, food …

PURPOSE AND SCOPE: Low back pain development has been associated with static
standing postures in occupational settings. Previous work has demonstrated gluteus muscle …

With the recent attention to 'sitting disease', health practitioners and scientists are promoting
standing in the workplace to decrease sedentary time, despite a high prevalence of low back …

Executive summary Sedentary behaviours are characterised as low energy expenditure
behaviours that occur in a sitting or reclining position while awake. Common sedentary …

BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) development has been associated with occupational
standing. Increased hip and trunk muscle co-activation is considered to be predisposing for …

Sedentary office work has been shown to cause low back discomfort and potentially cause
injury. Prolonged standing work has been shown to cause discomfort. The implementation of …

Previous research points to the lack of movement during prolonged standing as a pre-
disposing factor to low back pain (LBP). Such movements could be at the level of the lumbar …