Spine Angle Comparison in Adult Seating Posture With Immediate Feedback

Feedback, Psychological Clinical Trial

Official title:

Comparison of Spine Angle Between Immediate Feedback and Different Conditions of Normal Adult Seating Posture

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05893953
• Other study ID #: sahmyook U
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 20, 2017
• Est. completion date: December 5, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: May 2023
• Source: Sahmyook University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

1. Background: In modern society, people are spending more time sitting due to the increased use of IT devices. Prolonged sitting with incorrect posture can lead to spinal deformities and an increase in spinal diseases. Common deformities include turtle neck posture, flat back, straight neck, and bent back. Misalignment of the spine is considered an important factor in causing spinal diseases, such as pain, arthritis, and degeneration. To address these issues, researchers have developed pillows and chairs that are ergonomically designed for everyday use and have been found to be effective.

2. Purpose: This study aims to investigate whether portable equipment can help individuals recognize and maintain correct sitting posture on their own.

3. Design: This study has a cross-sectional study design. Each condition is divided into three different sitting conditions. By using post-evaluation data, the intention is to compare the effects. (Condition A: sitting on a standard chair wearing an immediately feedback device, Condition B: sitting on a gym-ball, Condition C: sitting on standard chair)

4. Subject : Twenty-eight subjects were recruited as healthy students attending S University located in Nowon-gu, Seoul.

5. Result: The study found that maintaining a sitting posture immediately resulted in a statistically significant lower angle over time at the Cervicothoracic angle compared to other interventions. Similarly, a sitting posture immediately maintained a lower angle over time at the Thoracic angle compared to other sitting postures . However, the lumbar angle showed a significant increase over time.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 28
• Est. completion date: December 5, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: November 20, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 29 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy 20-year-olds with no visual and hearing problems and no problems with video viewing and agreeing to participate in the experiment

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those who needed treatment due to pain in the neck, chest, or back were excluded.

Those who had been diagnosed with a diagnosis that stopped studying and stopped sports activities in the past 12 months were excluded.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Feedback, Psychological
• Spinal Curvatures

Intervention

Device:
• immediately feedback device
Sitting in a standard chair with immediate feedback device
• Unstable chair
sitting in an unstable chair

Other:
• Standard chair
Sitting in a standard chair

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Korea, Republic of	Sahmyook University	Seoul	Nowon-gu

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Sahmyook University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Korea, Republic of, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cervico-thoracic angle	Changes in the spine curvature in a sitting position over time	1minute, 5minute, 10minute
Primary	Thoracic angle	Changes in the spine curvature in a sitting position over time	1minute, 5minute, 10minute
Primary	Lumbar angle	Changes in the spine curvature in a sitting position over time	1minute, 5minute, 10minute