Time course of perceived knee stiffness following prolonged sitting in healthy adults
Healthy adults begin to experience knee stiffness when sitting still after 30 min, though this was only clinically relevant by 60 min. Moving the joint, even whilst still sitting, helped to alleviate joint stiffness and pain, which may assist in providing advice to all adults on sedentary behaviours.
Authors
- Jeanette M. Thom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6575-3711)
- Alexandre Kovats
Institutions
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Institute for Musculoskeletal Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JSAMS Plus
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsampl.2025.100124
- Primary Topic
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00