MedTrace Logo

The Effect of Different Ways of Sitting on Cognitive Performance and Muscle Activity

NCT04716582 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 21

Last updated 2021-01-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Academic educations concurs with a lot of sitting. Studies have shown that prolonged sitting not only has disruptive effects on physical health, but also influence mental health and cognition negatively. For physical health evidence grows that short light intense interruptions of sitting time effectively counterbalance the impact of prolonged sitting. It is not clear of light intense physical activity breaks have a similar positive effect on cognitive performance. Also, it is unclear whether cognitive loading might be able to compensate the impact of prolonged sitting.This study compares the effects of uninterrupted sitting with or without cognitive loading and interrupted sitting on cognitive functioning; muscle activation of leg and trunk muscles under various modes of sitting with walking, in order to calibrate the physical impact of different sitting modes.

Conditions

  • Sedentary Behavior
  • Light Intensity Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Sitting interrupted by light physical activity

Each 30 minutes will be 25 minutes sitting followed by 5 minutes walking that designed as prescribed walking route outside laboratory corridor.

BEHAVIORAL

Sitting with cognitive task

Participants will perform online cognitive task during prolonged sitting.

BEHAVIORAL

uninterrupted sitting

Participants will watch documentary during prolonged sitting.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maastricht University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hans HCM Savelberg, PhD · Maastricht University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
30 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-06-07
Primary Completion
2020-10-20
Completion
2021-05-30

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT04716582 on ClinicalTrials.gov