Improper sitting posture while eating adversely affects maximum tongue pressure

Determination of the venous pressure in the sitting posture.

Adolescent obesity adversely affects blood pressure and resting heart rate.

BACKGROUND Obesity is associated with hypertension (HT) and high resting heart rate (HR), as well as metabolic disturbances. However, little is known about how strongly these hemodynamic abnormalities are associated with the degree of obesity in adolescents. METHODS AND RESULTS Height, body weight, resting HR, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured in 20,165 male and 19,683 ...

Effect of wrist posture on carpal tunnel pressure while typing.

Long weekly hours of keyboard use may lead to or aggravate carpal tunnel syndrome. The effects of typing on fluid pressure in the carpal tunnel, a possible mediator of carpal tunnel syndrome, are unknown. Twenty healthy subjects participated in a laboratory study to investigate the effects of typing at different wrist postures on carpal tunnel pressure of the right hand. Changes in wrist flexio...

Effect of sitting posture on respiratory function while using a smartphone

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate respiratory function in different sitting postures while using a smartphone. [Subjects and Methods] Fifty healthy volunteers were recruited. Participants were divided into 2 groups, a control group of participants who spent time as they liked for 1 hour, and a smartphone group of participants who spent time using a smartphone in a sitting p...

Sitting posture affects pelvic floor muscle activity in parous women: an observational study.

QUESTION Do different sitting postures require different levels of pelvic floor and abdominal muscle activity in healthy women? DESIGN Observational study. PARTICIPANTS Eight parous women with no pelvic floor dysfunction. OUTCOME MEASURES Bilateral activity of pelvic floor muscles (assessed vaginally) and two abdominal muscles, obliquus internus abdominis and obliquus externus abdominis, ...