Clinical trials: Sitting Position
Type 2 Diabetes
SIT LESS 2: Effect of Sitting Less on Glucose Regulation in People With Diabetes Mellitus Type 2
Introduction: Changes in lifestyle are responsible for an important part of the type 2 diabetes epidemic of the last decennia. Current guidelines for physical activity focus mainly on high energy expenditure advising 30 minutes…
- Trial name
- SIT LESS 2 (NCT02371239)
- Testing
- Physical activity intervention
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 19 people
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Overweight and Obesity
SIT LESS 4: How Does Reducing Sitting Time Improve Glucose and Lipid Metabolism?
Research has shown that replacing sitting time with low intensity physical activity (such as slowly walking and standing) has beneficial effects on metabolic health, like insulin sensitivity, comparable to improvements after…
- Trial name
- SITLESS4 (NCT03912922)
- Testing
- Activity regime
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 12 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Time
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the researchers can help people change the amount of time they spend in sitting activities and whether this change might improve health outcomes.
- Trial name
- ReST-MCI (NCT02878486)
- Testing
- Jawbone Up, Physical Activity Education, ActivPAL
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 6 people
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Low Back Pain
Kinematical Evaluation of Lumbar Rotation in Chronic Low Back Pain
Low back pain (LBP) is considered one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders in modern society, resulting in substantial costs to society.
- Trial name
- NCT01217554
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Clalit Health Services
Pituitary Adenoma
Semi-sitting Versus Supine Position in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
This study is to prospectively compare the standard supine (control group) and the semi-sitting position (head elevation of 30°; intervention group) in endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery.
- Trial name
- PosESS (NCT04584866)
- Testing
- Endonasal endoscopic pituitary surgery in semi-sitting position, Endonasal endoscopic pituitary surgery in supine position
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Coronary Artery Disease
A Single Center Clinical Evaluation of Same Sitting Hybrid Revascularization: Robotic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Treatment of Coronary Artery Disease
The primary objective of this study is to assess the safety and effectiveness of same sitting, simultaneous hybrid robotic assisted coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the…
- Trial name
- NCT00928356
- Testing
- Hybrid CABG/PCI, Off Pump CABG
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 88 people
- Sponsor
- Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute
Postpartum Urinary Retention
Effect of Voiding Position (Standing in the Shower vs. Sitting) on Post- Void Residual Urine Volume (PVR) After Removal of Urinary Catheter in Women Following Vaginal Delivery With Epidural Analgesia: A Double- Blind Randomized Controlled Trial
Postpartum urinary retention is a common complication after childbirth, with a higher risk for women who undergo vaginal delivery with epidural analgesia.
- Trial name
- NCT07893119
- Testing
- Standing in the shower, Sitting on the toilet
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Assuta Ashdod Hospital
ICU Acquired Weakness
Effect of the "Sitting Out of Bed in an Arm-chair Position" in ICU on Functional Recovery Among Ventilated Patients
Chair positioning is one of a series of early mobilization techniques. At present, this technique, which involves moving a patient out of the resuscitation bed, can be performed passively or actively.
- Trial name
- STORM (NCT06973746)
- Testing
- sitting out of bed in an arm-chair position
- Where
- 11 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 150 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans
Hypotension on Induction
CirQPOD Shoulder Study
Intrathoracic pressure regulation (IPR) therapy, delivered by impedance threshold devices (ITDs) or intrathoracic pressure regulators (ITPRs), increases venous return, preload, cardiac output, blood pressure, and cerebral…
- Trial name
- NCT04299776
- Testing
- CirQPOD, Standard airway management
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Zoll Medical Corporation
Sedentary Behavior
Office Worker Behavior and Health Study
This is a randomized intervention study to determine if electronic prompted interruptions in sitting time have an effect on job satisfaction, musculoskeletal complaints, and sitting time.
- Trial name
- OWBHS (NCT04042610)
- Testing
- Electronic Prompt for Interrupting Sitting Time
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 57 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Loma Linda University
Diabetes
Role of Interrupting Sedentary Time in Management of Type-2 Diabetes
Type-2 diabetes, a common non-infectious disease, is the result of impaired insulin function and insulin production in the body.
- Trial name
- Just_StandUp (NCT02738996)
- Testing
- Sedentary time breaks either every 60 minutes, Sedentary time breaks either every 30 minutes, Sedentary time breaks every 15 minutes
- Volunteers
- 24 people
- Sponsor
- Glasgow Caledonian University
Wheelchairs, Self-Help Devices
Multicell Air Cushions: Sitting Posture and Limits of Stability
The study's aim is to assess the sitting and dynamic postural control of stability of wheelchair users who have compromised postural control and risk of ulcers while using individually adjusted multi-cell air cushions with and…
- Conditions
- Wheelchairs, Self-Help Devices, Posture, Sitting Position
- Trial name
- NCT05507788
- Testing
- Wheelchair air cushion
- Where
- Sweden
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Jonkoping University
Pregnancy
Effect of Crossed Legged Position on Ultrasound Measured Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Length in Parturients.
To investigate if sitting in flexed cross legged position for neuraxial techniques in term pregnant patients widens the size of the ultrasound acoustic window as measured by the visualized posterior longitudinal ligament length…
- Trial name
- NCT04277988
- Testing
- Ultrasonography
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Prolonged Sitting
Defy The Odds: Exercise Forecasting and Motivation Strategies for Prolonged-Sitting Jobs
This study aims to see if a new approach called "Exercise Forecasting" can help people with jobs with a lot of sitting get more active.
- Trial name
- NCT07475130
- Testing
- Tailored messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison
Diabetes Mellitus, Type II
´Sit Less, Move More' at Work: mHealth Intervention on Office Employees With Diabetes Type 2.
The objective of the study is measuring the impact of a ´sit less, move more' mHealth intervention at work on the glycaemic control and anthropometric profile of office employees with diabetes type 2 (DT2) at short, mid and long…
- Trial name
- Walk@Work (NCT04092738)
- Testing
- Walk@WorkApp-Diab
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 368 people
- Sponsor
- Fundacio d'Investigacio en Atencio Primaria Jordi Gol i Gurina
Complications; Cesarean Section, Hypotension
Extra Sitting Time After Spinal Anesthesia for Cesarean Section and Fetal Well-being
After injection of the spinal anesthetic drug, women will be allowed to lie down immediately (0-30 sec) or after three minutes (180 sec) of sitting.
- Trial name
- NCT02893696
- Testing
- Various sitting time
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Coccydynia, Sagittal Balance
Sagittal Spinopelvic and Coccygeal Alignment in Sitting and Standing Positions in Coccydynia
This observational cross-sectional study aims to investigate the differences in spinopelvic and coccygeal morphometric parameters in standing and sitting positions among patients diagnosed with coccydynia.
- Conditions
- Coccydynia, Sagittal Balance, Morphological Analysis and Classification
- Trial name
- Coccydynia (NCT07076927)
- Where
- 2 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital
Pregnancy, Caesarean Section
Pendant Position and Traditional Sitting Position for Successful Spinal Puncture in Spinal Anaesthesia
The aim of this study was to compare the successful spinal puncture among patients with pendant position in comparison with those who used traditional sitting position for caesarean section.
- Trial name
- NCT02753660
- Testing
- Traditional sitting position, Pendant position
- Volunteers
- 308 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universitas Indonesia
Back Pain, Low Back Pain
Preliminary Study of the Sagittal Alignment of the Lumbo-pelvic Complex in a Sitting Position
The main objective of this study is to investigate the influence of seat type (straight chair versus "ergonomic" chair) on the sagittal alignment of the lumbo-pelvic complex in two different postures compared to standing for each…
- Trial name
- NCT01323127
- Testing
- Sagital xrays
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes
Hip Developmental Dysplasia
Effect of Cross-legged Sitting Among Patients With Unilateral Hip Developmental Dysplasia
One of the most common infant developmental diseases is Hip dysplasia which is mostly seen among female' babies and leads to hip instability due to partial or full hip dislocation [1].
- Trial name
- NCT07002840
- Testing
- Cross- legged sitting position, Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Program
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- Jouf University