Effect of coaching the sit-to-stand motion and attentional focus.
Rei Odagiri
PMID 39092414WHAT IT FOUND
Telling healthy adults to stand up while bowing made them complete fewer chair stands and take longer to stand than a plain instruction.
It also increased attention to how their body moved.
Key findings
01Telling participants to stand up while bowing led to fewer chair stands and longer sit-to-stand times than the plain instruction.
02The bowing instruction produced significantly higher total movement-specific reinvestment scores and conscious motor processing scores.
03There were no significant differences between conditions in trunk angular velocity, lateral sway, or Borg scale change.
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What it does not show
The study included only 17 healthy adults aged 20 to 40 years, so it cannot show what happens in older adults or stroke patients. One participant lacked accelerometer data and another lacked questionnaire data. The movement-specific reinvestment scale was modified for sit-to-stand, and its Japanese validity was not reported. The researchers did not use three-dimensional motion analysis or a force plate, so movement mechanics were not fully measured. They measured repeated stands during a 30-second test rather than a single sit-to-stand motion. Participants' attention during the task could not be confirmed. The sit-to-stand task may have been too easy for healthy adults to show differences in lateral sway.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence that 'stand up while bowing' helps patients stand more easily. The study was done in healthy adults, and the bowing instruction slowed sit-to-stand and reduced the number of stands.