Seated work postures for manual, visual and combined tasks

摘要

An awkward and static work posture has been recognized as a risk factor for work- related musculoskeletal problems. The objective of this study was to investigate some of the factors that can influence the posture adopted during work and in particular aspects of the task and how their influence is affected by work height. Three types of task were studied: a peg-hole assembly task, which was largely Manual with very little visual component; a visual character identification task; And a combination of the two.