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Conclusion

purpose/RQ/hypothesis

Results of the present study support the hypothesis that prolonged sitting would promote an increase in coagulation activity. Sitting produced a 13% increase in FVII, whereas walking caused a 28% decrease. Furthermore, the increase in FVIII was 26% while walking compared to 73% while sitting.

In conclusion, the main findings from this study suggest that use of an active workstation can alleviate prothrombotic cahgnes that are associated with working at a sedentary workstation without diminishing work performance on typrical computer based tasks. Additionally, the use of an active workstation seems to have a positive impact of various indices of mood. 

conclusion material

Fixing the limitations listed on the right can lead to a continuation of this study or a similar study:

  • Increasing the number of variables that are being controled before data collection (e.g., dietary controls, physical activity and sedentary levels).  
  • Increasing sample size allowing for a greater statistical power along with being able to observe differences in biological sex and health backgrounds. 
  • Increasing the amount of blood draws there are throught the study can help indicate if mental tasks can influence blood coagulation, along seeing how long blood coagulation changes can be seen into recovery. 
  • The measure of mechanistic variables such as venous stasis, endothelial function and hepatic blood flow to help identify the possible mechanisms behind the changes with coagualtion factors between conditions. 
Conclusion