Appl Ergon January 2018 PMID 28958435

Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs.

John L Pape, Jean-Michel Brismée, Phillip S Sizer, Omer C Matthijs, Kevin L Browne, Birendra M Dewan, Stéphane Sobczak

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Peak: 22 in Aug 2021
across 5 sources since Apr 2019

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221,233
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Apr 2019 – Jun 2025

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AI synopsis

What people are saying

Discussions revolve around challenging the traditional 'good posture' concept, with posts like RT @Retlouping questioning this myth, and others mentioning the potential benefits of slouched sitting for spinal hydration. The tone combines curiosity with tentative support, reflecting an interest in new approaches to spinal health and ergonomics, which indicates a moderate level of engagement and perceived impact.

AgreementModerate agreement

Most discussions seem to support the idea that slouched postures can have benefits, challenging traditional views on 'good posture.'

InterestModerate interest

Participants show some curiosity about alternative sitting strategies and their potential health benefits.

EngagementModerate engagement

Comments reference specific studies, methods, and potential implications, indicating moderate engagement.

ImpactModerate impact

The conversations hint at a shift in thinking about posture and spinal health, suggesting some influence on how people view sitting habits.

Abstract in brief

  • The study explored how two types of propped slouched sitting postures, with and without lumbar support, affect spinal height after trunk loading, showing both significantly increased spinal height compared to baseline.
  • Participants without prior low back pain sat in these postures for 10 minutes, and the measurements indicated an average spinal height increase of approximately 2.94 mm without lumbar support and 4.74 mm with lumbar support.
  • The findings suggest that propped slouched sitting postures, especially with lumbar support, could be a helpful alternative to upright sitting for restoring spinal height after activities that load the spine, potentially improving sitting comfort and spinal health.]

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The Sp⚽️rts Physio
@AdamMeakins · X

Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! https://t.co/SwjfjBbzjI https://t.co/X1SWMzHOPF

Aug 9, 2021 · 135 likes · 25 shares · 107,527 followers View post →
ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ
@Retlouping · X

Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs https://t.co/H2qNuWt10L https://t.co/xs71g0p54y

Jun 18, 2025 · 75 likes · 18 shares · 26,405 followers View post →
Jozo Grgic
@Jozo_Grgic · X

Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs. https://t.co/RqG0tktivy

Sep 14, 2019 · 9 likes · 3 shares · 5,514 followers View post →
CM
@CerveauMuscle · X

@PhysioMeScience For sitting, it may depends of sitting posture https://t.co/hF94ikpwtq

Jan 22, 2021 · 6 likes · 1,527 followers View post →
thinkin_mkdeabh
@thinkin_mkdeabh · X

@CerveauMuscle @PierreElieB @GeekNfit @__PatK__ @jaimylepaquet @balou_31 5 minutes en position assise avachie permet vraisemblablement de réhydrater le disque et donc de changer la réponse aux contraintes https://t.co/eKidTL9Pz0

Jul 22, 2022 · 5 likes · 2,180 followers View post →
Oka @鍼灸理学トレーナー
@TrainerWao · X

【ランバーサポートの椅子】

Sep 27, 2021 · 4 likes · 5,724 followers View post →

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Dublin Sports Injury Clinic
@dubsportclinic · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 20, 2025 · 18 shares · 79 followers View post →
Moojin Jeong
@Malehealth2023 · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 20, 2025 · 18 shares · 29 followers View post →
Uzm. Fzt. Mesut Erdoğan
@MesutEr05280252 · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 19, 2025 · 18 shares · 17 followers View post →
Ivan Valdez Solis
@IvanVdz · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 19, 2025 · 18 shares · 158 followers View post →
Claudio Mesquita
@brclaudiofisio · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 19, 2025 · 18 shares · 188 followers View post →
Arsalan Ghorbanpour
@GhorbanpourApt1 · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 19, 2025 · 18 shares · 83 followers View post →
Thomas Dekkers | Spinal Specialist Physiotherapist
@TDekkersPhysio · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 19, 2025 · 18 shares · 7,489 followers View post →
Clark
@Clark53185000 · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 19, 2025 · 18 shares · 5 followers View post →
Ramón Grandales Fuentes
@grandales_ramon · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 19, 2025 · 18 shares · 329 followers View post →
Jhonny Diaz
@Jhonny_Diaz_ · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 18, 2025 · 18 shares · 648 followers View post →
Jose Chavez Martinez
@matracaelcan · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 18, 2025 · 18 shares · 155 followers View post →
Madhan Ramanathan
@sportsphysiouk · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 18, 2025 · 18 shares · 1,118 followers View post →
Psainzdebaranda
@psainzdebaranda · X

RT @Retlouping: Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to r…

Jun 18, 2025 · 18 shares · 1,254 followers View post →
ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ
@Retlouping · X

Challenging the “good posture myth?” Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs https://t.co/H2qNuWt10L https://t.co/xs71g0p54y

Jun 18, 2025 · 75 likes · 18 shares · 26,405 followers View post →
thinkin_mkdeabh
@thinkin_mkdeabh · X

@CerveauMuscle @PierreElieB @GeekNfit @__PatK__ @jaimylepaquet @balou_31 5 minutes en position assise avachie permet vraisemblablement de réhydrater le disque et donc de changer la réponse aux contraintes https://t.co/eKidTL9Pz0

Jul 22, 2022 · 5 likes · 2,180 followers View post →
Oka @鍼灸理学トレーナー
@TrainerWao · X

【ランバーサポートの椅子】

Sep 27, 2021 · 4 likes · 5,724 followers View post →
Zack Johnson PT, DPT, OCS
@ZackPT88 · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 15, 2021 · 25 shares · 19 followers View post →
Álvaro Casadesús
@alirarehab · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 11, 2021 · 25 shares · 83 followers View post →
LucaMarson
@LucaMarson5 · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 10, 2021 · 25 shares · 14 followers View post →
Dustin P. Montgomery
@Dusto06 · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 10, 2021 · 25 shares · 101 followers View post →
ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ
@Retlouping · X

Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs https://t.co/78lBJN1Srq FYI this was not a study done on people with low back pain “convenience sample of a healthy population without LBP. “ https://t.co/fTuAAfHy0P

Aug 10, 2021 · 3 likes · 26,405 followers View post →
Instant Physio | Tooting & Balham
@InstantPhysio · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 10, 2021 · 25 shares · 130 followers View post →
Rachel Forrest
@rphillips764 · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 10, 2021 · 25 shares · 39 followers View post →
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@MartinJuarez_Ft · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 10, 2021 · 25 shares · 128 followers View post →
Ramón Grandales Fuentes
@grandales_ramon · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 329 followers View post →
Vijay
@vijay_dhamu · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 319 followers View post →
David McCoid
@David_McCK · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 369 followers View post →
DllmartinsPT
@Dll_martins · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 1,192 followers View post →
Tyler Amborn, PT, DPT, OCS
@tyler_amborn · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 132 followers View post →
Daniel Godeassi
@dangodeassi · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 202 followers View post →
Guillermo Molinero
@gmolic · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 160 followers View post →
Karin Steere (she/her)
@KarinTownson · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 121 followers View post →
JVA Physio
@jordanawale · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 617 followers View post →
Skeptic Physio |
@salwaPT · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 5,569 followers View post →
Adam Dobson
@adamdobson123 · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 12,818 followers View post →
Abdullah
@Cariglieb · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 1,209 followers View post →
Uygar Baylan
@druygarbaylan · X

RT @AdamMeakins: Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! h…

Aug 9, 2021 · 25 shares · 223 followers View post →
The Sp⚽️rts Physio
@AdamMeakins · X

Slouched sitting provides a valuable alternative to upright sitting and may be recommended following periods of loading! https://t.co/SwjfjBbzjI https://t.co/X1SWMzHOPF

Aug 9, 2021 · 135 likes · 25 shares · 107,527 followers View post →
CM
@CerveauMuscle · X

@PhysioMeScience For sitting, it may depends of sitting posture https://t.co/hF94ikpwtq

Jan 22, 2021 · 6 likes · 1,527 followers View post →
Paul Bliton
@PaulBliton · X

RT @PhysioMeScience: Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs htt…

Jan 4, 2020 · 4 shares · 1,660 followers View post →
EskeleThor
@EskeleThor · X

RT @Jozo_Grgic: Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs. https:…

Sep 15, 2019 · 3 shares · 405 followers View post →
Ramzi Al-horani
@raalhorani · X

RT @Jozo_Grgic: Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs. https:…

Sep 14, 2019 · 3 shares · 40 followers View post →
Ariel Nascimento PT
@Ariel_nasc · X

RT @Jozo_Grgic: Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs. https:…

Sep 14, 2019 · 3 shares · 177 followers View post →
Jozo Grgic
@Jozo_Grgic · X

Increased spinal height using propped slouched sitting postures: Innovative ways to rehydrate intervertebral discs. https://t.co/RqG0tktivy

Sep 14, 2019 · 9 likes · 3 shares · 5,514 followers View post →
thinkin_mkdeabh
@thinkin_mkdeabh · X

@RoblesJuanfran @DIS_KINE @joshlavalleeMK @michelseydur @RoblesJuanfran c'était l'étude de Wilke en 1999. Mais l'étude a été réalisée sur un seul sujet (mais avec une mesure directement intra-discale) https://t.co/exJK87KlG7 Elle semble toutefois en accord avec les résultats trouvés ici : https://t.co/iKgjxQHSFk https://t.co/pfdK6PYCXb

Apr 6, 2019 · 2 likes · 2,180 followers View post →
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