Varying the office work posture between standing half-standing and sitting results in less discomfort
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In this study 10 subjects worked two weeks in their rather new normal work station and two weeks in another work station. These VDU workers were trained and received a table making standing work possible. They also received a chair making half sitting possible. The effects on experienced variation in posture and discomfort were studied. It appeared that most of the time people work in the normal sitting situation (69% in the new and 90% in the old work station). Sometimes the half sitting and standing posture was used in the new situation. This new situation had a significant lower discomfort in the back, neck and shoulder region compared with the old situation.
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TNO Identifier
954044
ISSN
03029743
ISBN
364202730X
Publisher
Springer
Source title
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), International Conference on Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers, EHAWC 2009, 19-24 July 2009
Collation
6 p.
Place of publication
Heidelberg, Germany
Pages
115-120
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