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The Effect of Active Workstation Use on Measures of Cognition, Attention and Motor Skill

Ohlinger, Christina M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1247679643

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2009, Master of Science in Exercise and Health Studies, Miami University, Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies.
The purpose of this study was to assess participants’ ability to perform tasks requiring attention, short term memory, and simple motor skill while sitting, standing or walking at an active workstation. Fifty participants completed the Stroop Color Word test (SCWT), Auditory Consonant Trigram test (ACTT), and Digital Finger Tapping test (DFTT) while sitting, standing and walking 1.6 km/h at an active workstation. A significant difference was found for DFTT, but not ACTT or SCWT. Examination of the linear contrasts and post-hoc means comparison tests revealed significant differences in DFTT scores between sitting and walking (t = 2.39 (49) P<0.02) and standing and walking (t = 2.28 (49) P<0.03). These results indicate that adding the walking task to the ACTT and SCWT conditions results in no decrement in performance on these tasks. Conversely, adding the walking task to the DFTT condition results in reduced performance on the DFTT task.
Ronald Cox, PhD (Committee Chair)
Thelma Horn, PhD (Committee Member)
William Berg, PhD (Committee Member)
121 p.
Health
active workstation; sedentariness, low-intensity activity

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  • Ohlinger, C. M. (2009). The Effect of Active Workstation Use on Measures of Cognition, Attention and Motor Skill [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1247679643

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ohlinger, Christina. The Effect of Active Workstation Use on Measures of Cognition, Attention and Motor Skill. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1247679643.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ohlinger, Christina. "The Effect of Active Workstation Use on Measures of Cognition, Attention and Motor Skill." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1247679643

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