Active workstations: A literature review on workplace sitting

S Pearse, M Léger, WJ Albert, M Cardoso - Journal of Bodywork and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The purpose of this paper is to further understand current literature on prolonged sitting,
sitting posture and active sitting solutions. This paper is divided into three sections: The first …

Differences in lumbar spine intradiscal pressure between standing and sitting postures: a comprehensive literature review

D Roman-Liu, J Kamińska, T Tokarski - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Background Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs), especially in the lumbar spine, are a
leading concern in occupational health. Work activities associated with excessive exposure …

[HTML][HTML] Traditional versus dynamic sitting: Lumbar spine kinematics and pain during computer work and activity guided tasks

JM Davidson, JD Zehr, PB Dominelli, JP Callaghan - Applied Ergonomics, 2024 - Elsevier
Dynamic sitting may mitigate low back pain during prolonged seated work. The current study
compared pelvis and lumbar spine kinematics, pain, and work productivity, in traditional and …

[HTML][HTML] A week-long field study of seated pelvis and lumbar spine kinematics during office work

JM Davidson, JP Callaghan - Applied Ergonomics, 2025 - Elsevier
The study objective was to quantify “natural” seated pelvis and lumbar spine kinematics over
multiple days of work at individuals' workstations. Twenty participants completed five days of …

Defining the lumbar and trunk-thigh neutral zone from the passive stiffness curve: application to hybrid sit-stand postures and chair design

JM Buchman-Pearle, KM Gruevski, KM Gallagher… - Ergonomics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Minimal data exist on the neutral position for the lumbar spine, trunk, and thighs when
adopting a hybrid posture. This study examined sex differences in the neutral zone lumbar …

Increasing movement during office work at sit-stand workstations: A novel seating device to facilitate transitions

M Noguchi, JD Zehr, LM Tennant, DJ Fok… - Applied Ergonomics, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel active office chair (Movably Pro) was designed to facilitate frequent sit-stand
movement 1) through auditory and tactile prompts and 2) with minimal-to-no work surface …

Application of mismatch equations in dynamic seating designs

HI Castellucci, C Viviani, P Arezes, JFM Molenbroek… - Applied Ergonomics, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropometry is critical for product and workplace design. Highly prevalent, office work is
associated with sedentarism and physical discomfort due to prolonged sitting. Dynamic …

Mechanical work and energy of sit-to-stand and stand-to-sit transitions performed with traditional and dynamic office chair designs

JD Zehr, M Noguchi, DJ Fok, JP Callaghan - Work, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: Adherence to sit-stand workstation usage has been shown to decrease
post-intervention, with the reported reasons related to fatigue, cumbersome workstation …

An Assessment of Back and Shoulder Postures in Single-Handed Exertions: Expanding Ergonomic Reaching Guidelines to Consider Lumbar Spine Axial Twist

JM Davidson, CD McKinnon… - IISE Transactions on …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Occupational applications Across a series of standing single-handed exertions performed at
different lateral angles, distances, heights, and loads, lumbar axial twist exceeded an …

Reconstructing an accelerometer-based pelvis segment for three-dimensional kinematic analyses during laboratory simulated tasks with obstructed line-of-sight

JD Zehr, LM Tennant, JM Buchman-Pearle… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Close interface between humans and inanimate objects (furniture, assistive devices, and
external loads) can obstruct line-of-sight in biomechanics studies that utilize optoelectronic …