" Give me a break!" A systematic review and meta-analysis on the efficacy of micro-breaks for increasing well-being and performance

P Albulescu, I Macsinga, A Rusu, C Sulea, A Bodnaru… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Recovery activities during short breaks taken between work tasks are solutions for
preventing the impairing effects of accumulated strain. No wonder then that a growing body …

Role of work breaks in well-being and performance: A systematic review and future research agenda.

Z Lyubykh, D Gulseren, Z Premji… - Journal of …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Recovery from work is a critical component for employees' proper functioning. While
research has documented the beneficial effects of after-work recovery, it has focused far less …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of intraoperative microbreaks with exercises on surgeons: a multi-center cohort study

MS Hallbeck, BR Lowndes, J Bingener… - Applied ergonomics, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent literature has demonstrated ergonomic risk to surgeons in the operating room. One
method used in other industries to mitigate these ergonomic risks is the incorporation of …

A systematic review of at-work recovery and a framework for future research

PHH Chan, J Howard, N Eva, HM Herman - Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last 20 years, the importance of work recovery has been well-documented in the
organizational behavior field, with accumulated findings demonstrating the significant …

Ergonomics and musculoskeletal health of the surgeon

AT Schlussel, JA Maykel - Clinics in colon and rectal surgery, 2019 - thieme-connect.com
Surgeons face hazardous working conditions due to ergonomic deficiencies found
throughout the operating room. More than 80% of surgeons have succumbed to a work …

Beyond burnout: a physician wellness hierarchy designed to prioritize interventions at the systems level

DE Shapiro, C Duquette, LM Abbott, T Babineau… - The American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Burnout has been implicated in higher physician turnover, reduced patient satisfaction, and
worsened safety, but understanding the degree of burnout in a given physician or team does …

Work‐break schedules for preventing musculoskeletal symptoms and disorders in healthy workers

T Luger, CG Maher, MA Rieger… - Cochrane Database of …, 2019 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Work‐related musculoskeletal disorders are a group of musculoskeletal
disorders that comprise one of the most common disorders related to occupational sick …

Effects of passive exoskeleton support on EMG measures of the neck, shoulder and trunk muscles while holding simulated surgical postures and performing a …

E Tetteh, MS Hallbeck, GA Mirka - Applied Ergonomics, 2022 - Elsevier
Exoskeletons have shown significant impact at reducing the biomechanical demand on
muscles during repetitive lifting and overhead tasks in non-healthcare industries. However …

Intraoperative posture and workload assessment in vascular surgery

H Norasi, E Tetteh, SR Money, VJ Davila, AJ Meltzer… - Applied Ergonomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Quantifying the workload and postural demand on vascular surgeons provides valuable
information on the physical and cognitive factors that predispose vascular surgeons to …

[HTML][HTML] Changing healthcare professionals' non-reflective processes to improve the quality of care

S Potthoff, D Kwasnicka, L Avery, T Finch… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale. Translating research evidence into clinical practice to improve care involves
healthcare professionals adopting new behaviours and changing or stopping their existing …