The effect of perception of seat width on back-to-sit task.
Takayuki Yoshida, Hiroyuki Fujisawa, Masaru Kanda and 2 others
PMID 33642693WHAT IT FOUND
Back-to-sit movement timing and path did not vary with seat width, although healthy young men noticed the width differences.
Key findings
01Back-to-sit movement timing and path did not vary across the seat-width conditions.
02Participants noticed seat-width differences: narrow seats were judged narrow and wide seats were judged wide.
03Participants ended the task with their buttocks in a similar position across seat widths.
STILL TO COME
How it was doneWhat they foundWhat it means for PTs
Read the rest of this summary
You get three full summaries a month, free, and we do not ask for a card. Search, the TL;DRs and your library stay unlimited either way.
What it does not show
Only ten young males were studied, so the result is based on a small healthy group. The authors state that older adults were not included. The authors state that other chair properties were not considered. The study measured laboratory movement and questionnaire responses, not patient outcomes.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read the unchanged movement result as proof that seat width is safe for older adults or people with disability. The study tested only ten healthy young men in a laboratory.