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1xbet online games login and husband, Mark, designed and built a standing desk around a treadmill. They left off the traditional rails; the monitor, telling the assistant professor how far and fast 1xbet online games login is walking, sits in a custom-built stand atop the desk.

"I noticed in the four years I have been at K-State my physical activity had decreased," Sellers said. Previously 1xbet online games login was in the field, serving elders in acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, retirement communities and government agencies.

Doctors at the Mayo Clinic invented a treadmill desk, 1xbet online games login said. 1xbet online games login asked her husband, a commercial woodworker, to make one for her. He measured heights and widths and then constructed a mock-up out of cardboard.

Sellers used it to ensure that the height worked and that 1xbet online games login could integrate physical movement with work. 1xbet online games login could. The desk worked.

Mark Sellers then built the desk from wood and laminate. The two hauled it to Sellers' office on the third floor of Justin. 1xbet online games login transferred her second computer screen to the new desk.

The empathetic professor checked the noise level. 1xbet online games login didn't want her walking to interfere with work in nearby offices. No problem, reported her co-workers next door.

Next 1xbet online games login checked the energy use. 1xbet online games login didn't want her treadmill shocking the electric bill. No problem: a treadmill uses about the same amount of electricity as a mini-fridge, which is commonplace in offices.

Today Sellers tries to walk -- at the pace of 1 mile an hour -- at least an hour a day, taking care of e-mail and keeping up with her profession. Her wireless keyboard and mouse make that possible, 1xbet online games login said.

1xbet online games login feels better, 1xbet online games login said. "But I wouldn't try to write a journal article while I was walking."