Active Versus Passive Sitting, Cognition and Energy

Conditions

• Electromyography
• Pressure Injury of Back

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - 70 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Chaircise — BEHAVIORAL
  A chair-based exercise program using a specialized chair with a foot lever that allows participants to lift their body weight.

Study Details

The study will compare cognitive capacity, muscle utilization patterns, soft tissue seated pressure and caloric output during four seated conditions: 1. passive sitting in a regular chair; 2. passive sitting in an exercise chair; 3. sitting in the exercise chair during active dynamic exercise; and, 4. sitting in the chair during active static exercise.

Key Dates

First listed

Jul 13, 2026

Start date

Jul 7, 2026

Status verified

Jul 2026

Primary completion

Sep 30, 2027

Completion

Sep 30, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

35 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Arms

• No Intervention: Passive Comparator: Traditional Chair
  Participant will sit in the traditional chair for the amount of time it takes them to read a scientific article.
• Placebo Comparator: Passive Comparator: Exercise Chair
  Participant will sit in the exercise chair for the amount of time it takes them to read a scientific article.
• Experimental: Experimental: Dynamic Leg Exercise in Exercise Chair
  Participant will sit in the exercise chair for the amount of time it takes them to read a scientific article while actively pushing down and releasing the foot operated lever as many times as possible.
• Experimental: Experimental: Static Leg Exercise in Exercise Chair
  Participant will sit in the exercise chair for the amount of time it takes them to read a scientific article while actively pushing down and holding the foot operated lever.

Primary Outcome Measure

Differences in cognitive performance among chair conditions as measured by the Psychomotor Vigilance Test in number of key depressions [ Time Frame: Approximately 3 minutes ]

Central Contacts

• Joseph Signorile J Joseph Signorile, PhD
  3058981458
  [email protected]
• Ethan J Elkins, MS
  3052844173
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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