Correlation between pedometer and the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire on physical activity measurement in office workers
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Physical Activity of Office Workers
Inactivity or insufficient physical activity is risk factor for metabolic or cardiovascular diseases. In most of cases the nature of work of office employees does not require high physical efforts and consists mostly of sitting but the reports on leisure activity of office workers are still lacking. Thus, the aim of the study was to assess physical activity of civil and local administration wor...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Research Notes
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1756-0500
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-280