Can a smart chair improve the sitting behavior of office workers?

Vertaalde titel van de bijdrage: kan een slimme stoel het zit gedrag van kantoorwerken verbeteren?

Audy Paul Hodselmans, Charissa Roossien, Jan Stegenga, SM Spook, Sandra Brouwer, Bart Verkerke, Michiel Reneman

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a b s t r a c t Prolonged sitting can cause health problems and musculoskeletal discomfort. There is a need for objective and non-obstructive means of measuring sitting behavior. A ‘smart’ office chair can monitor sitting behavior and provide tactile feedback, aiming to improve sitting behavior. This study aimed to investigate the effect of the feedback signal on sitting behavior and musculoskeletal discomfort. In a 12- week prospective cohort study (ABCB design) among office workers (n ¼ 45) was measured sitting duration and posture, feedback signals and musculoskeletal discomfort. Between the study phases, small changes were observed in mean sitting duration, posture and discomfort. After turning off the feedback signal, a slight increase in sitting duration was observed (10 min, p ¼ 0.04), a slight decrease in optimally supported posture (2.8%, p < 0.01), and musculoskeletal discomfort (0.8, p < 0.01) was observed. We conclude that the ‘smart’ chair is able to monitor the sitting behavior, the feedback signal, however, led to small or insignificant changes. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Vertaalde titel van de bijdragekan een slimme stoel het zit gedrag van kantoorwerken verbeteren?
Originele taal-2English
Pagina's (van-tot)355 - 361
TijdschriftApplied Ergonomics: Human Factors in Technology and Society
Nummer van het tijdschrift65
StatusPublished - 21 jul. 2017

Keywords

  • werkomgeving
  • sensortechnologie

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