Posture Support in a Changing Workplace – Steelcase
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While some manufacturers still advocate seating solutions that are optimized for upright and static postures, findings from an accumulating body of research conducted since the early 1990s discredits that approach. As Professor Dr. Peter Vink at TU Delft (Delft University of Technology) in The Netherlands, states: “We know that a ‘static upright sitting’ point of view is harder to defend as there is evidence that reclining postures reduce the load measured in the intervertebral discs.”
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