Effects of adjustable sit-stand VDT workstations on workers' musculoskeletal discomfort, alertness and performance.

نویسندگان

  • Takeshi Ebara
  • Tomohide Kubo
  • Tatsuki Inoue
  • Gen-i Murasaki
  • Hidemaro Takeyama
  • Tomoaki Sato
  • Hatsuko Suzumura
  • Sayuri Niwa
  • Toshimasa Takanishi
  • Norihide Tachi
  • Toru Itani
چکیده

Adjustable sit-stand workstations, which are designed to allow workers to sit and stand autonomously while working, were examined to identify the effects on workers' musculoskeletal discomfort, alertness and performance. Twenty-four healthy subjects participated in the study. The subjects were required to do an English transcription task for 150 min under the following conditions: 1) sitting at standard workstations (Standard), 2) sitting on a chair with the work surface elevated to standing position (High-chair) and 3) a combination of 10-min sitting and 5-min standing with the same setting as that in the high-chair condition (Sit-stand). The subjective musculoskeletal discomfort scores indicated that High-chair and Sit-stand resulted in relatively higher discomfort levels than the Standard condition. Although the ratio between low-frequency (0.04-0.15 Hz) and high-frequency (0.15-0.4 Hz) components of heart rate variability (LF/HF ratio) in Sit-stand was higher than that in other conditions, there were no significant differences in subjective sleepiness among the three conditions. As for work performance, there was a tendency to be steadily high under the Sit-stand condition compared with other conditions, but not a significant difference. This study revealed that although the use of sit-stand workstations can contribute to keeping workers' arousal level steady, it has an adverse effect in light of musculoskeletal discomfort.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Industrial health

دوره 46 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008