{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,2]],"date-time":"2026-04-02T07:12:36Z","timestamp":1775113956463,"version":"3.50.1"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Human Kinetics","issue":"s1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2015,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec sec-type=\"background\"><jats:title>Background:<\/jats:title><jats:p>The acute effect of low-intensity walking on blood pressure (BP) is unclear.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"purpose\"><jats:title>Purpose:<\/jats:title><jats:p>To determine if the acute use of a walking workstation reduces ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) in prehypertensive men and women.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Ten prehypertensive adults participated in a randomized, cross-over study that included a control workday and a walking workstation workday. ABP was measured for 7 hour during the workday and for 6 hour after work.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Both systolic BP (SBP) (134 \u00b1 14 vs. 137 \u00b1 16 mmHg; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .027) and diastolic BP (DBP) (79 \u00b1 10 vs. 82 \u00b1 12 mmHg; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .001) were lower on the walking workstation day. Postwork hours (4:00 PM\u201310:00 PM), SBP (129 \u00b1 13 vs. 133 \u00b1 14 mmHg; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .008), and DBP (74 \u00b1 11 vs. 78 \u00b1 13 mmHg; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .001) were also lower on the walking workstation day. DBP load was significantly lower during the walking workstation day, with only 14% of the readings above 90 mmHg compared with 22% of the control day readings (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = .037).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec sec-type=\"conclusion\"><jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title><jats:p>Accumulation of very-light-intensity physical activity (~2 METs) over the course of a single work day using a walking workstation may reduce BP burden in prehypertensive individuals.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1123\/jpah.2013-0487","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2014,8,15]],"date-time":"2014-08-15T19:03:16Z","timestamp":1408129396000},"page":"S119-S127","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Walking Workstation Use Reduces Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Adults with Prehypertension"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Zachary S.","family":"Zeigler","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pamela D.","family":"Swan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dharini M.","family":"Bhammar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Glenn A.","family":"Gaesser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"100","container-title":["Journal of Physical Activity and Health"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/view\/journals\/jpah\/12\/s1\/article-pS119.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/downloadpdf\/journals\/jpah\/12\/s1\/article-pS119.xml","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,19]],"date-time":"2022-05-19T22:19:17Z","timestamp":1652998757000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/view\/journals\/jpah\/12\/s1\/article-pS119.xml"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2015,1]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"s1"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1123\/jpah.2013-0487","relation":{},"ISSN":["1543-3080","1543-5474"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1543-3080","type":"print"},{"value":"1543-5474","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2015,1]]}}}