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A 12-Week Cycling Workstation Intervention Improves Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Healthy Inactive Office Workers

Guirado, Terry MSc; Metz, Lore PhD; Pereira, Bruno PhD; Brun, Carole MSc; Birat, Anthony PhD; Boscaro, Audrey MSc; Bergouignan, Audrey PhD; Thivel, David PhD; Duclos, Martine MD, PhD

Author Information

From the Laboratory of the Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise Under Physiological and Pathological Conditions (AME2P), UE3533, Clermont Auvergne University, Aubiere, France (Mr Guirado, Dr Metz, Ms Brun, Dr Birat, Ms Boscaro, Dr Thivel); Auvergne Research Center for Human Nutrition (CRNH), Clermont-Ferrand, France (Mr Guirado, Dr Metz, Ms Brun, Ms Birat, Ms Boscaro, Dr Thivel, Dr Duclos); INRAE, UMR 1019, Clermont-Ferrand, France (Mr Guirado, Dr Duclos); Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, Biostatistics Unit (DRCI), Clermont-Ferrand, France (Dr Pereira); Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, Strasbourg, France (Dr Bergouignan); Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Anschutz Health and Wellness Center, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado (Dr Bergouignan); and Department of Sport Medicine and Functional Explorations, Clermont-Ferrand University Hospital, G. Montpied Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France (Dr Duclos).

Funding: The study is integrally funded by University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand and the I-SITE program of Clermont Auvergne University.

Author’s Contributions: T.G., L.M., M.D., and D.T. designed the study; T.G., C.B., and A.B. performed the experiments; T.G., L.M., D.T., B.P., A.B., and M.D. contributed significantly to the writing and revision of the manuscript. All the authors read and approved the final manuscript.

Conflict of Interest: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Ethics Approval: This study was approved by the French ethical committee (Comité de Protection Personne Ile De France VIII 19 09 66).

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Address correspondence to: Terry Guirado, MSc, Laboratory of the Metabolic Adaptations to Exercise Under Physiological and Pathological Conditions (AME2P), UE3533, Clermont Auvergne University, EA 3533, BP 80026, F-63171 Aubière Cedex, France ([email protected]).

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 64(8):p e467-e474, August 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002583

Objectives 

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of a portable pedal machine intervention (60 minutes per working day) for 12 weeks on healthy tertiary employees’ cardiometabolic risk factors.

Methods 

Anthropometric parameters, body composition, cardiometabolic/inflammatory markers, physical fitness, physical activity, and sedentary time measured before and after the intervention were compared between office healthy workers who used a portable pedal machine (INT, n = 17) and those who did not (CTRL, n = 15).

Results 

The INT group improved Δultrasensitive C-reactive protein (P = 0.008), Δtotal cholesterol (P = 0.028), and Δlight-density lipoprotein cholesterol (P = 0.048) compared with the CTRL group (Δ: T1–T0). The intervention reduced daily sitting time (P ≤ 0.01) and increased time spent at light intensity (P ≤ 0.01) and moderate-to-vigorous (P ≤ 0.01) physical activity compared with baseline values.

Conclusions 

These findings suggest that promoting physical activity during workdays can reduce the negative health effects of spending too much time sitting and inactive.

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