Nowadays, the percentage of time that population spends sitting has increased substantially due to use computers as main tool for work or leisure and increase in jobs with a high office workload. As consequence, it is common suffer musculoskeletal pain, mainly back, which can lead both temporary chronic damage. This pain related holding posture during prolonged period sitting, usually front com...

background: office workers spend a long period of time behind a computer during working hours. the relation between the posture of sitting during work with computer and neck pain is still debatable. even though some researchers claim a significant difference in head posture between patients with neck pain and pain-free participants, the fhp (forward head posture) has not always been associated ...

  Background: Office workers spend a long period of time behind a computer during working hours. The relation between the posture of sitting during work with computer and neck pain is still debatable. Even though some researchers claim a significant difference in head posture between patients with neck pain and pain-free participants, the FHP (forward head posture) has not always been associate...

The effect of posture on the EMG pattern of the normal auditory startle reflex was investigated. The startle response to an unexpected auditory tone was studied in eleven normal subjects when standing, and in six normal subjects when sitting relaxed or tonically plantar flexing both feet. Reflex EMG activity was recorded in the tibialis anterior and soleus about twice as frequently when standin...

The accurate and rapid detection of objects in videos facilitates the identification abnormal behaviors pigs introduction preventive measures to reduce morbidity. In addition, effective pig algorithms provide a basis for behavior analysis management decision-making. Monitoring posture can enable precursors diseases timely manner identify factors that impact pigs’ health, which helps evaluate th...

BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) is a major problem for office workers. Individuals adopting poor postures during prolonged sitting have a considerably increased risk of experiencing LBP. This study aimed to investigate seat pressure distribution characteristics, i.e., average pressure, peak pressure ratio, frequency of postural shift, and body perceived discomfort (BPD), during 1 hour of sitting...

The venous blood flow during stretching and deep breathing in the sitting posture was examined in the present study. First, an inguinocrural venous blood flow was measured using the Doppler method. It was confirmed that the blood flow velocity significantly increased during stretching with deep breathing. Second, the peripheral blood circulation in the lower limbs was evaluated during a 60 min ...

Workstation ergonomic problems have become a major health issue in the office. Sitting in the same place for a long time and improper sitting postures while using computers can lead to a wide range of computer-related injuries. We introduce a system promoting workstation health called ’Share Aware’. ’Share Aware’ is designed to make people aware of how to prevent computer-related injuries and h...

Previous approaches to the measurements of pulmonary diffusing capacity (DL) and pulmonary capillary blood flow (QC) utilized either the rebreathing or the single inhalation technique in conjunction with radioisotope gas and mass spectrometry. In the present study, we utilized a newly developed rapid infrared analyzer in conjunction with the slow single exhalation technique on 100 healthy volun...

STUDY DESIGN Radiographic review of healthy volunteers. PURPOSE To determine the ideal sitting positions by measuring changes in lumbar lordosis (LL) and pelvic parameters (PPs) in various positions. OVERVIEW OF LITERATURE Prolonged sitting is generally accepted as an important risk factor for low back pain (LBP). It is now recognized that spinopelvic alignment is important for maintaining ...