Triglav Joseph (author); Howe Erika (author); Cheema Jaskirat (author); Dube Blaire (author); Fenske Mark J. (author); Strzalkowski Nicholas (author); Bent Leah R. (author)
Date issued
2019
Description
Prolonged sitting, common in many workplaces, reduces blood flow to the lower limb and has negative health outcomes. CoreChair is an active-sitting chair that encourages increased movement to help mitigate these outcomes. Physiological and cognitive measures were recorded in ten participants over four hours of sitting in both the CoreChair and a traditional office chair. Sitting in both chairs led to increases in calf circumference (p