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Chair for gamers boosts player performance and prevents muscular aches

Gamers seemed to be more comfortable after playing in a specialist gaming chair compared with a standard office chair

By Sara Novak

28 March 2024

A gaming chair could keep players comfortable for longer

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A chair designed for gamers has been linked to reduced muscular stiffness and more wins for the players compared with a standard office chair.

Joanne DiFrancisco-Donoghue at the New York Institute of Technology and her colleagues recruited 33 adults to play League of Legends, a popular online fantasy game, for two 2.5-hour sessions.

In the first session, the participants, who were all experienced gamers, sat in either an Aeron office chair or a TITAN Evo gaming chair, both of which they were…

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