Assessing sitting and standing in college students using height-adjustable desks.
Objective: To examine if Arduino microcontrollers and Fitbits can serve as proxy measures for the direct observation of sitting and standing time in college students using height-adjustable standing desks. The preferred type of standing desks and reasons to use the desks were also assessed. Design:...
| Publicado en: | Health Education Journal Vol. 79; no. 6; pp. 735 - 745 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2020
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