Sedentary Work
Tuesday, 17.10.2017
10:00 – 12:30
1st Floor, Room 14
German-English simultaneously
Sedentary work and occupational physical activity:
A PEROSH-initiative for developing recommendations for practitioners and scientists
Prolonged sedentary work is increasingly discussed as a health risk factor for developing chronic diseases. Various studies show an adverse relationship between long-lasting physical inactivity and musculoskeletal disorders, adipositas, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes type II and premature mortality. Exposure assessments in this area have to a large extent been based on self-reported information or observations, being imprecise and potentially biased. This means that the existing knowledge, recommendations and legislation for prevention may not be optimal or, in worst case, incorrect. There is thus a great need for technical field measurements and assessment tools capable of providing valid information of sedentary work and occupational physical activity.
A PEROSH-initiative of 13 work-environment research institutes* has worked out a report on sedentary work during the last two years. The report covers the following topics:
• Sedentary behavior – health effects
• Sedentary behavior – occurrence
• Sedentary behavior – definition and rationale for how to measure it
• How to assess sedentary behavior?
• What principal wearables exist?
• Which wearable measurement system can be recommended for which application?
• Case studies
The aim of this symposium is to present and discuss the current state of knowledge on sedentary work. Recommendations for measuring and assessing sedentary work and occupational physical activity will be given to practitioners and scientists.
*Contributing institutions:
The Austrian Workers‘ Compensation Board (AUVA), Wien, Austria.
The Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute (CIOP), Warszawa, Poland.
The Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Helsinki, Finland.
Gävle University College (HiG), Gävle, Sweden.
HSE‘s Health & Safety Laboratory (HSL), Buxton, Derbyshire, United Kingdom.
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health of the German Social Accident Insurance (IFA), Sankt Augustin, Germany.
The National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL), Rome, Italy.
National Research and Safety Institute for occupational accidents (INRS), Vandoeuvre Les Nancy Cedex, France.
The Spanish National Institute for Safety and Hygiene at Work (INSHT), Madrid, Spain.
Karolinska Institutet (KI), Stockholm, Sweden.
Lund University (LU), Lund, Sweden.
The National Research Institute for the Working Environment (NRCWE), Copenhagen, Denmark.
The National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI), Oslo, Norway.
| Uhrzeit | Programm |
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| Chair: Andreas Holtermann, Prof. PhD., National Research Centre for the Working Environment (NRCWE) Co-Chair: Rolf Ellegast, Prof. PhD, Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (IFA) |
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| 10:00 | Introduction Andreas Holtermann, NRCWE, Denmark Rolf Ellegast, IFA, Germany |
| 10:10 | A Guideline for Field Based Assessments of Occupational Sedentary Behavior in European Countries – a PEROSH initiative. Nidhi Gupta, NRCWE, Denmark Andreas Holtermann, NRCWE, Denmark Peter Hendriksen, NRCWE, Denmark Svend Erik Mathiassen, University of Gävle, Sweden Vera Schellewald, IFA, Germany Rolf Ellegast, IFA, Germany The workgroup for PEROSH Recommendations on Occupational Sedentary Behavior Assessment |
| 10:35 | Practical objective methods for measurements and feedback of sedentary worktime Mikael Forsman, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Farhad Abtahi, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Henrik Åhlander, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden Liyun Yang, School of Technology and Health, KTH Royal Institute of Technology |
| 11:00 | Activity Break 1 Vera Schellenwald, IFA, Germany |
| 11:05 | Dynamic workstations to prevent sedentary behavior in offices – practical experiences Vera Schellewald, IFA, Germany Rolf Ellegast, IFA, Germany Ingeborg Eisenacher-Abelein, Worktivity, Germany Christoph Groß, Deutsche Telekom, Germany Jens Kleinert, German Sport University, Cologne, Germany |
| 11:30 | Take a Stand! Effects of a multi-component intervention to reduce sitting among Danish office workers Andreas Holtermann, NRCWE, Denmark Ida H Danquah, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark Stine Kloster, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark Annette K Ersbøll, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark Janne S Tolstrup, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark Mette Aadahl, Research Centre for Prevention and Health, Glostrup University Hospital, Denmark Adrian Bauman, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia |
| 11:55 | Activity Break 2 Vera Schellenwald, IFA, Germany |
| 12:00 | Discussion on assessment of occupational sedentary behavior and effective preventative measures to reduce sedentary work |
| 12:25 | Concluding remarks |