Beneficios de las pausas activas para los trabajadores de oficina
Fecha
2020-09-15Registro en:
Valbuena JL. (2020) Beneficios de las pausas activas para los trabajadores de oficina. [Tesis de grado]. Universidad Santo Tomás, Bucaramanga, Colombia
reponame:Repositorio Institucional Universidad Santo Tomás
instname:Universidad Santo Tomás
Autor
Valbuena Santos, Jose Luis
Institución
Resumen
Introduction: Within the workplace, especially in office jobs, there is a marked increase in absenteeism, illnesses and pathologies in workers, this is mainly due to high levels of sedentary lifestyle, vicious postures, low levels of physical activity and, of course, inadequate life habits. Objective: To identify the health benefits of active breaks in desk workers, based on a search in the scientific literature. Method: For the search, the academic Google database was used, in addition to the following keywords: "Benefits", "active breaks", "labor gymnastics", "workers" "employees", "office workers" and the following boleans operators: AND & OR. The search was carried out in the period from 2015 to 2020. Results: as a result of the search, 9 potentially relevant studies were selected which showed benefits of occupational gymnastics. Conclusions: active breaks have substantial health, social and economic benefits, which are reflected by the decrease in the levels of sedentary lifestyle and the increase in the levels of physical activity, which are the main basis for adequate health, well-being and quality of life.