Exercise is medicine at the workplace: a feasible option?
ECSS Prague 2019 The 24th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science will take place in Prague between 3rd and 6th July 2019. It will host some of the world's leading sports scientist who will continue to share their latest research and findings from across the academic and applied fields. Find out more at the ECSS 2019 website: http://bit.ly/ECSSPrague2019 How to register: http://bit.ly/ECSSreg View the programme at: bit.ly/ECSSprog ************ 23rd annual ECSS Congress Dublin/Ireland, July 4-7 2018 Exercise is medicine at the workplace: a feasible option? Author: van Mechelen, W. VU University Medical Center The prevalence of lifestyle-related, chronic disease is still on the rise. Physical inactivity is the 4th leading cause of death due to lifestyle-related diseases, according to the WHO. Therefore, it is important to enhance population levels of physical activity worldwide. This is easier said than done, since human nature is geared towards the preservation of energy. Interventions to enhance levels of physical activity can be directed at either the individual him-/herself for instance through Exercise is Medicine initiatives, or at the environment (, or both). These interventions are probably best delivered to a ‘captive’ audience, in order to maximize intervention effect. One such a captive audience is found in the workplace. Purpose of this presentation is to present research findings of interventions that were carried out at the workplace both for people and places, with the aim to enhance employee’s levels of daily physical activity. Also the results will be presented of worksite exercise interventions for disabled workers with non-specific low back pain, with the aim to have them return-to-work. Finally, some issues related to barriers and facilitators of worksite physical activity will be discussed.
ECSS Prague 2019 The 24th Annual Congress of the European College of Sport Science will take place in Prague between 3rd and 6th July 2019. It will host some of the world's leading sports scientist who will continue to share their latest research and findings from across the academic and applied fields. Find out more at the ECSS 2019 website: http://bit.ly/ECSSPrague2019 How to register: http://bit.ly/ECSSreg View the programme at: bit.ly/ECSSprog ************ 23rd annual ECSS Congress Dublin/Ireland, July 4-7 2018 Exercise is medicine at the workplace: a feasible option? Author: van Mechelen, W. VU University Medical Center The prevalence of lifestyle-related, chronic disease is still on the rise. Physical inactivity is the 4th leading cause of death due to lifestyle-related diseases, according to the WHO. Therefore, it is important to enhance population levels of physical activity worldwide. This is easier said than done, since human nature is geared towards the preservation of energy. Interventions to enhance levels of physical activity can be directed at either the individual him-/herself for instance through Exercise is Medicine initiatives, or at the environment (, or both). These interventions are probably best delivered to a ‘captive’ audience, in order to maximize intervention effect. One such a captive audience is found in the workplace. Purpose of this presentation is to present research findings of interventions that were carried out at the workplace both for people and places, with the aim to enhance employee’s levels of daily physical activity. Also the results will be presented of worksite exercise interventions for disabled workers with non-specific low back pain, with the aim to have them return-to-work. Finally, some issues related to barriers and facilitators of worksite physical activity will be discussed.