Comparison of In Vivo Intradiscal Pressure between Sitting and Standing in Human Lumbar Spine: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Jia-Qi LiPatrick Wai-Hang KwongYuk-Lam ChanMasato KawabataPublished in: Life (Basel, Switzerland) (2022)
Sitting causes higher loads on the lumbar spine than standing in the normal discs, but recent studies do not support this conclusion. Furthermore, the degenerated discs showed no difference in IDP in both postures.