Effect of automatic change in seating posture

Investigation into the effect on automatic change of seating posture with the 'Fit-form Vario Zorgfauteuils' on the skin vitality.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON24415

Enrollment

Registered

2015-12-18

Start date

2016-01-24

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Sitting behaviour and skin vitality

Interventions

Experimental, non-randomised intervention study in which multiple tests are performed with different parameters of automatic change in seating posture.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Age between 18 and 35 OR 60 years or older - Considered to be healthy - Caucasian/white skin colour. This is essential for the measurement device ‘Oxygen to See’.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - Known diseases such as: heart diseases, respiratory diseases, diabetes, other diseases to microcirculation. - Skin colour deviations at site of measurement. - Surgery at the area of measurement (bottom). - Pregnancy - Unable of sitting still for 2 hours. - Body mass index below 20 (underweight) or above 30 (obese). - Body length below 1.60m or above 1.90m. The current measurement chair cannot correctly be adjusted for these body lengths) - Not able to stand up without assistance from a chair.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Changes in oxygensaturation, blood flow, interface pressure and comfort during the various test-modules	—

Contacts

Public ContactI. Hoogendoorn

University of Twente - Roessingh Research & Development

i.hoogendoorn@rrd.nl+31 (53) 489 6485

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)