In this context there has been a lack of attention to the extensive literature documenting high intensity occupational physical activity to deteriorate health.
Typically, physical activity is divided into the domains of work and leisure, but the international recommendations for health-promoting physical activity do not distinguish between occupational and leisure time physical activity. For decades an extensive literature has considered physical activity to provide health benefits irrespective of the type or the site of physical activity performed. Physical activity during work and leisure is often the greatest stress that the body encounters in the course of daily life and calls for a number of physiological regulatory processes and their interplay which are entirely dependent on the type of the physical activity performed. If proven effective, the intelligent physical exercise training scheduled as well as the information for its practical implementation can provide meaningful scientifically based information for public health policy. The training interventions last 2 years with measures at baseline as well as one and two years follow-up. The present RCT study enrolled almost 400 employees with sedentary jobs in the private as well as public sectors. The hypotheses of this research are that individually tailored worksite-based intelligent physical exercise training, IPET, among workers with inactive job categories will: 1) Improve cardiorespiratory fitness and/or individual health risk indicators, 2) Improve muscle strength and decrease musculoskeletal disorders, 3) Succeed in regular adherence to worksite and leisure physical activity training, and 3) Reduce sickness absence and productivity losses (presenteeism) in office workers. The aim of this paper is to present a study protocol with a conceptual model for planning the optimal individually tailored physical exercise training for each worker based on individual health check, existing guidelines and state of the art sports science training recommendations in the broad categories of cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength in specific body parts, and functional training including balance training. Health promotion at the work site in terms of physical activity has proven positive effects but optimization of relevant exercise training protocols and implementation for high adherence are still scanty.
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