Title
Effects of using dynamic office chairs on posture and EMG in standardized office tasks
Abstract
In the paper a measuring system for the comparative posture and EMG analysis of office chairs is presented. With the system four specific dynamic office chairs that promote dynamic sitting and therefore aim to prevent musculoskeletal disorders (MSD), were analyzed in comparison to a reference chair in two different standardized tasks (intensive mouse use and sorting files). Exemplary results of the ongoing study suggest that postures and the electrical activities of the erector spinae and trapezius muscles depend more on the tasks performed than on the use of a particular type of office chair. This still has to be proved by statistical analysis.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1007/978-3-540-73333-1_5
HCI (17)
Keywords
Field
DocType
comparative posture,reference chair,emg analysis,different standardized task,office chair,statistical analysis,specific dynamic office chair,electrical activity,intensive mouse use,standardized office task,measuring system,measuring devices,ergonomics,measurement system,health care
Office chair,Health care,Physical therapy,Human factors and ergonomics,Sitting,Engineering,Physical medicine and rehabilitation,Statistical analysis
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
4566
0302-9743
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.48
1
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rolf Ellegast161.84
Rene Hamburger231.13
Kathrin Keller310.48
Frank Krause4101.48
Liesbeth Groenesteijn511.50
Peter Vink6317.29
Helmut Berger710.48