A 12-Week Cycling Workstation Intervention Improves Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Healthy Inactive Office Workers
Terry Guirado1, Lore Metz, Bruno Pereira
1From 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).
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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