sitting
Sign in to saveAlso known as seated, sitting down, sitting position, seated position
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Research
32,518 papers- Low back pain and its relationship with sitting behaviour among sedentary office workers.Applied ergonomics · 2019
- Sitting leg vasculopathy: potential adaptations beyond the endothelium.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2024
- Physiotherapist perceptions of optimal sitting and standing posture.Musculoskeletal science & practice · 2019
- Low back pain and sitting time, posture and behavior in office workers: A scoping review.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2025
- Spinal and Pelvic Alignment of Sitting Posture Associated with Smartphone Use in Adolescents with Low Back Pain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Prevalence
- Positions
- On the floor
- On a raised seat
- Yoga, traditions and spirituality
- Kneeling chairs
- <span class="anchor" id="Health effects"></span> Health risks
- Relationship between posture and health conditions
- Sedentary behaviour
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|upright| The Thinker by [[Auguste Rodin ]]
Sitting is a basic action and resting position in which the body weight is supported primarily by the bony ischial tuberosities with the buttocks in contact with the ground or a horizontal surface such as a chair seat, instead of by the lower limbs as in standing, squatting or kneeling. When sitting, the torso is more or less upright, although sometimes it can lean against other objects for a more relaxed posture.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sitting” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.