Comparison of four specific dynamic office chairs with a conventional office chair: Impact upon muscle activation, physical activity and posture

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 296-307

  Ellegast, Rolf P ^a   Kraft, Kathrin ^a   Groenesteijn, Liesbeth ^b   Krause, Frank ^b   Berger, Helmut ^c   Vink, Peter ^b,d  

^a INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c VBG Accident Insurance Institution for the Administrative Sector   (Germany)

^d FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dynamic office chairs; EMG; Physical activity; Posture; VDU computer workplace

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; OFFICE EQUIPMENT;

DYNAMIC ELEMENTS; ERECTOR SPINAE; MUSCLE ACTIVATION; OFFICE CHAIR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTURE; SITTING POSTURE; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

DYNAMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOINT ANGLE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE CHAIR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

EID: 80054707975     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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