Navigating the Interplay Between Physical Activity, Health, and Productivity

Expert Series: PREMUS, WDPI, & MYOPAIN

🎙️In this episode, Bart Cillekens delves into the complexities of physical activity in work settings, examining how factors beyond exercise influence health and well-being.

✨Tune in to gain insights into the dynamic interplay between physical activity, work, and well-being, and explore strategies to address the challenges posed by physically demanding jobs.

Bart is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Public and Occupational Health, UMC Amsterdam, Netherlands. His research focuses, in part, on the "physical activity paradox," challenging the conventional belief that all forms of physical activity lead to better health outcomes.

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At the PREMUS, WDPI & MYOPAIN 2023 Conference, he will be hosting a 3-Hr Workshop on “Finding the sweet spot: promoting health and productivity with the Goldilocks principle”.

To learn more and register for the conference:

www.premus2023.com/register

ℹ️ More on Bart Cillekens:

Bart’s Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bart-cillekens-513b9a94/

Bart Internship Research:

1. The Mediating Effect of Unhealthy Behaviors and Body Mass Index in the Relation Between High Physical Workload and Self-Rated Poor Health in Male Construction Workers: https://journals.lww.com/joem/Fulltext/2020/08000/The_Mediating_Effect_of_Unhealthy_Behaviors_and.20.aspx

PhD Relevant Research:

1. Physical activity paradox: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2017-097965
2. Too tired for exercise, cleaners? https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2016.1216579
3. Promoting health and physical capacity during productive work: the Goldilocks Principle: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26567063
4. Can childcare work be designed to promote moderate and vigorous physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and health? Study protocol for the Goldilocks-childcare randomised controlled trial: https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-020-8291-y
5. Physical activity and work activities in Florida agricultural workers: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajim.23035
6. How does occupational physical activity influence health? An umbrella review of 23 health outcomes across 158 observational studies: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/24/1474.abstract
7. Effects of Workplace-Based Physical Activity Interventions on Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-019-01125-6
8. A 24-h assessment of physical activity and cardio-respiratory fitness among female hospital cleaners: A pilot study: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00140139.2013.782427

Timestamps:

00:00 Bart’s Interest in Occupational Health

05:25 Recommendations or Paradox?

12:11 Insights on Occupational Physical Activity

16:00 Social Implications, Health and Wellbeing

18:16 On Bart’s PREMUS Workshop: The Goldilocks Principle

22:23 Occupational Health Interventions: What Worked?

25:56 Advice for Student and Newcomers?

Disclaimer: Guest's views and opinions are their own and do not reflect those of the PREMUS, WDPI, & MYOPAIN 2023 Conference, its organizers, or of Recoup Health. The content provided in this series is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Please seek counsel from a qualified healthcare professional for any health related decisions you need to make on behalf of yourself or a loved one.

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