Trial reportJournal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985)2023
Effects of intermittent exercise during prolonged sitting on executive function, cerebrovascular, and psychological response: a randomized crossover trial.
Trial report in Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Acute cognitive effects of interruptions to prolonged sitting with brief standing or physical activity breaks: a systematic review and three-level meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of breaking up prolonged sitting with physical activity on executive function: a three-level meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Acute effects of physical activity breaking up sedentary behavior on cognitive function, biological mechanisms, and practical recommendations: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Association between abdominal obesity and cognitive outcomes in middle-aged adults: a systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluating the methods used to examine sitting breaks and their influence on mental load, physical strain, and cognitive performance - a scoping review.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The Impact of Cocoa Flavanols in Modulating Resting Cerebral Blood Flow During Prolonged Sitting in Healthy Young and Older Adults.Nutrients · 2025Trial
- Acute effects of "exercise snacks" during prolonged sitting on hemodynamics and peripheral vascular function: a three-level meta-analysis.Nutrition & metabolism · 2026Article
- Acute Skeletal Muscle Activation Through Physical Exercise and Its Effects on Cognitive Performance and Neurobiological Markers in Adults: A Scoping Review.Muscles (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Exercise timing as a potential temporal regulator of neurolymphatic physiology in neurodegenerative proteinopathies: a mechanistic framework.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Effects of imagery training on cognitive function among collegiate athletes: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in cognition · 2026Article
- Association between 24-h activity patterns and inhibitory control in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study based on chronic disease status.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Fatigue, Different Types of Physical Activity, Postural Changes, and Sleep Quality in University Students-Part II Analyses from a Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Causal effects of sedentary breaks on affective and cognitive parameters in daily life: a within-person encouragement design.Npj mental health research · 2024Article
- Prolonged sitting reduces cerebral oxygenation in physically active young adults.Frontiers in cognition · 2024Article
- It's about timing: how density can benefit future research on the optimal dosage of acute physical exercise breaks in esports.BMJ open sport & exercise medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Emerging evidence indicates that acute bouts of uninterrupted prolonged sitting decrease cerebral blood flow and impair executive function. Few studies have investigated the use of feasible sedentary behavior interruptions to attenuate these effects. This study aimed to investigate the effects of intermittent half-squat exercises during prolonged sitting on executive function. Twenty participants (45% women, 21 ± 1 yr) were randomized to sit for 3 h
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