WORKING shift work is associated with a number of health conditions including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, but a new study is looking at exercise as a clinical intervention to these conditions.
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Blake Collins, a PhD student at Charles Sturt University is calling for volunteers for a research project he is undertaking that aims to investigate the role of circadian rhythms and sleep architecture on predictive health measures among different work rosters.
"Working in shift work is associated with increased likelihood of developing both cardiovascular disease and diabetes, attributed to circadian disruptions (working at biological rest times, exposure to artificial light while we should be sleeping) and I want to further investigate the causal mechanisms behind this by comparing health measures of shift workers to non-shift workers.," he said.
"As such we aim currently recruiting males, aged 25-50 years old who are healthy (no diagnosed cardiovascular disease, metabolic syndrome or sleep pathologies including sleep apnoea) but not currently meeting the Australian activity guidelines (>150 mins/week of exercise) that currently work in either rotational shift work or non-shift but activity matched alternatives including tradesman and office work.
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Mr Collins said he is interested in the clinical effect of exercise as an intervention and this is the first of three studies in his PhD.
"Essentially I’m hoping to investigate the mechanism responsible for increased disease rates among shift workers" he said.
Anyone interested in being part of the study can email Mr Collins at blcollins@csu.edu.au