title: Heart rate measurement as a tool to quantify sedentary behavior.
abstract: Sedentary work is very common today. The aim of this pilot study was to attempt to differentiate between typical work situations and to investigate the possibility to break sedentary behavior, based on physiological measurement among office workers. Ten test persons used one heart rate based activity monitor (Linkura), one pulse oximeter device (Wrist) and one movement based activity wristband (Fitbit Flex), in different working situations. The results showed that both heart rate devices, Linkura and Wrist, were able to detect differences in heart rate between the different working situations (resting, sitting, standing, slow walk and medium fast walk). The movement based device, Fitbit Flex, was only able to separate differences in steps between slow walk and medium fast walk. It can be concluded that heart rate measurement is a promising tool for quantifying and separating different working situations, such as sitting, standing and walking.
authors.affiliation: School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Åkerberg
authors.affiliation: School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koshmak
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.affiliation: School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lindén
mesh_terms: D061725:Accelerometry; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D010092:Oximetry; D010865:Pilot Projects; D057185:Sedentary Behavior