Pilot Study of Impact of a Pedal Desk on Postprandial Responses in Sedentary Workers

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• Alternative Title:
  Med Sci Sports Exerc
• Personal Author:
  Han, Ho ; Lim, Jongil ; Viskochil, Richard ; Aguiar, Elroy J. ; Tudor-Locke, Catrine ; Chipkin, Stuart R.
• Description:
  Purpose
  
  To evaluate the effects of light intensity physical activity using a pedal desk (PD) compared to a standard desk (STD) in a pilot study on postprandial metabolic responses and work skills.
  
  Methods
  
  Twelve overweight/obese full-time sedentary office workers (6 men and 6 women; BMI= 28.7 ± 3.6 kg/m2) were tested in two conditions: (1) PD: pedaling at self-selected light intensity pace for 2-hr and (2) STD: remaining seated for 2-hr in a conventional workstation set up, while performing scripted computer-based work tasks. Blood samples were analyzed for plasma glucose, insulin, and free-fatty acids (FFA) in response to a standardized meal and work skills were evaluated. Paired samples t-tests were used to examine the differences in metabolic responses and work performance tasks between the conditions.
  
  Results
  
  PD use required significantly less insulin to maintain glucose concentrations compared with STD condition (peak insulin concentration 42.1 vs. 66.9 μU/mL, p = 0.03, and AUC 302.6 vs. 441.8 μU.min/mL, p < 0.001). No significant changes in plasma glucose and FFA concentrations were observed at any time-points (all p > 0.05). In addition, pedaling at a self-paced rate caused no adverse effects on work skills (p > 0.05).
  
  Conclusions
  
  The PD resulted in lower post-meal insulin concentrations without an overall negative impact on work skills. Thus, the PD could have the potential to achieve public and occupational health goals in sedentary work environments.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Blood Glucose Comprehension Exercise Fatty Acids Female Humans Insulin Male Middle Aged Motor Skills Obesity Overweight Pilot Projects Postprandial Period Reading Sedentary Behavior Sitting Position

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• Keywords:
  Light Intensity Physical Activity Pre-diabetes
• Source:
  Med Sci Sports Exerc. 50(10):2156-2163
• Pubmed ID:
  29864080
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6138546
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U19 OH008857/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  10
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a44ea6646b200a17dbbb167984fb4e91469c2630b45f18ff0d1886282740dc66
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/58963/cdc_58963_DS1.pdf
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