What are the benefits of taking regular breaks during prolonged sitting for stroke survivors?
Prespecified secondary analysis from the BUST-Stroke trial (Breaking Up Sitting Time After Stroke) identified sitting with 3-minute bouts of light-intensity activity while standing every 1.7 5.4) compared with 8 hours of uninterrupted sitting. For participants not taking antihypertensive medications, sitting with 3-minute interruptions of either walking or light-intensity activity while standing every 30 minutes decreased SBP by with 8hours of uninterrupted sitting. No effect by condition for diastolic BP or plasma fibrinogen levels was observed.115