The phrase "active pause" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a deliberate break or moment of reflection during an activity, often to enhance focus or clarity.
Example: "During the meeting, we took an active pause to gather our thoughts before continuing the discussion."
Alternatives: "intentional break" or "thoughtful pause".
In general, active pauses were able to change the level of EMG activity in monotonous tasks.
However, no significantly improved conditions of muscle activity, local circulation or discomfort have been documented from different types of active pauses during computer work, i.e. stretching exercises [ 15, 36], walking [ 16], sub-maximal contractions [ 21] and gymnastic exercises [ 37].
Active pauses have shown potentially beneficial effects to increase the variability of the electrical activation pattern of muscles.
Future studies investigating active pauses in longitudinal studies and following the standard for recording and reporting EMG data care are warranted.
The aim of this systematic review was to synthesize the evidences regarding the way which active pauses have been applied, and the methods used to investigate the related EMG changes.
We use the term speaking rate to refer to the phone rate over the total session time, with times when the speech is not active (pauses) included in the total session time.
Crenshaw and colleagues investigated effects of active pauses with voluntary sub-maximal contractions of forearm muscles during computer work [ 21].
A suggested preventive strategy for neck-shoulder pain in computer workers is implementation of active pauses during computer work [ 15, 21, 36].
The time paused varies, although smaller species tend to be more active and pause for shorter times.
Pause signals are thought to cause kinetic partitioning of RNAPs between active and paused states, as opposed to affecting all transcribing RNAPs uniformly (Landick, 2009).
