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Table 2 Comparisons of daily work activities performed by workload levels; data acquired using daily surveys

From: Monitoring work-related physical activity and estimating lower-limb loading: a proof-of-concept study

 

Workload

Total

(N = 24)

Sedentary

( N  = 5)

Light Manual

( N  = 18)

Heavy Manual

( N  = 1)

Working hour≠ (hours)

8.0 (1.45)

9.33 (2.04)

6.65 (2.07)

8.93 (2.04)

Work break (hours)

0.93 (0.45)

1.05 (0.58)

0.64 (0.24)

1.01 (0.55)

Sitting (hours)

6.58 (1.07)

1.90 (1.32)

0.72 (1.09)

2.87 (2.34)

Standing (hours)

0.53 (0.56)

2.62 (2.18)

4.5 (2.25)

2.24 (2.17)

Walking (hours)

0.61 (0.48)

3.83 (2.30)

3.06 (2.27)

3.01 (2.43)

Kneeling (hours)

0.38 (0.18)

0.64 (0.43)

2 (0)

0.65 (0.45)

Squatting (hours)

0.05 (0.05)

0.51 (0.38)

1.17 (0.68)

0.54 (0.44)

Lifting (kg)

0 (0)

7.29 (7.28)

10.75 (13.07)

7.42 (7.50)

Lifting (times)

0 (0)

123 (250.0)

41 (40.34)

120 (245.83)

Carrying (kg)

0.5 (0)

7.38 (5.93)

14 (13.89)

7.53 (6.35)

Carrying (times)

0 (0)

129 (291.7)

7 (2.89)

124 (286.08)

Climbing (number of stairs)

43 (56)

72 (145)

5 (0)

67 (136)

  1. Data presented as means and standard deviation (SD).
  2. All results presented here correspond to the physical activities performed during working hours only.