Workplace exercise and educational program for improving fitness outcomes related to health in workers: a randomized controlled trial.
| Autor: | Vilela BL; From the Departamento de Fisiologia (Ms Vilela and Dr Andrade), Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Campus São Paulo; Escola de Artes Ciências e Humanidades (Dr Benedito-Silva), Universidade de São Paulo; and Setor de Fisiologia Humana e do Exercício (Dr de Lira), Faculdade de Educação Física e Dança, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil., Benedito Silva AA, de Lira CA, Andrade Mdos S |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of occupational and environmental medicine [J Occup Environ Med] 2015 Mar; Vol. 57 (3), pp. 235-40. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000393 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To investigate the effects of a workplace fitness and education program intervention on physical fitness of workers. Methods: Employees from a chemical plant (n = 60) participated in a 4-month longitudinal study. They were randomly distributed in control and experimental groups. The experimental group had 4 months of exercise training in 15-minute sessions. The following evaluations were performed before and after the training period: body composition, localized muscle strength, and flexibility. Results: The experimental group showed a significant decrease in body fat (24.7%) and a significant increase in lean mass (6.1%), flexibility (17.9%), sit-up test performance (39.8%), and push-up test performance (29.8%) after the workplace fitness and education program compared with initial values. Conclusions: A structured program of physical exercise was effective in improving body composition, abdominal strength, upper limb strength, and flexibility in workers. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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