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Effects of a Dynamic Chair on Chair Seat Motion and Trunk Muscle Activity during Office Tasks and Task Transitions

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  • Corina Nüesch

    (Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland)

  • Jan-Niklas Kreppke

    (Department of Sport, Exercise and Health, University of Basel, 4052 Basel, Switzerland)

  • Annegret Mündermann

    (Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, 4123 Allschwil, Switzerland)

  • Lars Donath

    (Department of Intervention Research in Exercise Training, German Sport University Cologne, 50933 Köln, Germany)

Abstract

Employing dynamic office chairs might increase the physical (micro-) activity during prolonged office sitting. We investigated whether a dynamic BioSwing ® chair increases chair sway and alters trunk muscle activation. Twenty-six healthy young adults performed four office tasks (reading, calling, typing, hand writing) and transitions between these tasks while sitting on a dynamic and on a static office chair. For all task-transitions, chair sway was higher in the dynamic condition ( p < 0.05). Muscle activation changes were small with lower mean activity of the left obliquus internus during hand writing ( p = 0.07), lower mean activity of the right erector spinae during the task-transition calling to hand writing ( p = 0.036), and higher mean activity of the left erector spinae during the task-transition reading to calling ( p = 0.07) on the dynamic chair. These results indicate that an increased BioSwing ® chair sway only selectively alters trunk muscle activation. Adjustments of chair properties (i.e., swinging elements, foot positioning) are recommended.

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  • Corina Nüesch & Jan-Niklas Kreppke & Annegret Mündermann & Lars Donath, 2018. "Effects of a Dynamic Chair on Chair Seat Motion and Trunk Muscle Activity during Office Tasks and Task Transitions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:12:p:2723-:d:187426
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