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SynthesisFrontiers in physiology2021

Effects of Acute Prolonged Sitting and Interrupting Prolonged Sitting on Heart Rate Variability and Heart Rate in Adults: A Meta-Analysis.

Lauren C Bates, Abdullah Alansare, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Erik D Hanson, Lee Stoner

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Synthesis in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lauren C BatesDepartment of Exercise and Sport, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Abdullah AlansareDepartment of Health and Human Development, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Bethany Barone GibbsDepartment of Health and Human Development, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States.
Erik D HansonDepartment of Exercise and Sport, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Lee StonerDepartment of Exercise and Sport, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USKing Saud University · SAUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Prolonged sitting increases cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk, however the physiological mechanisms contributing to CVD from acute sitting exposure are not well-understood. Therefore, this study investigated the heart rate (HR) and variability (HRV) responses to prolonged sitting and after interrupting prolonged sitting (e.g., walking). Electronic databases were searched (inception-August 2020) for studies which exposed adults to prolonged (≥1 h) sitting with and/or without interruptions. Twenty-one articles (27 trials,

Indexed as

cardioautonomic functionheart rateheart rate variabilityinterrupting prolonged sittingprolonged sitting

Identifiers

PMID34012409
PMCPMC8126673
OpenAlexW3159323270

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Registered trials

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