Changes in head and neck posture using an office chair with and without lumbar roll support

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Horton, Stuart J ^a   Johnson, Gillian M ^a   Skinner, Margot A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Head and neck posture; Lumbar roll; Office chair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHAIR; DIGITAL IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGOMETRY; ERGONOMICS; HEAD AND NECK POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR ROLL SUPPORT; MALE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SITTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEAD; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NECK; NECK MUSCLES; POSTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953024516     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181cb8f82     Document Type: Article

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