Title |
Sitting on a chair or an exercise ball: Various perspectives to guide decision making
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Published in |
Clinical Biomechanics, January 2006
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DOI | 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.11.006 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
S.M. McGill, N.S. Kavcic, E. Harvey |
Abstract |
Prolonged sitting is recognized as a risk factor for the reporting of low back troubles. Despite the use of exercise balls in replacement of the office chair, little quantitative evidence exists to support this practice and hence motivated this research. Given the potential for several biological effects and mechanisms this study was approached with several layers of instrumentation to quantify differences in muscle activation, spine posture, spine compression and stability while sitting on an exercise ball versus a stable seat surface. Also, differences in the pressure distribution at the seat-user interface were quantified for the different seat surfaces to provide an objective perspective on the mechanism influencing perceived comfort levels. |
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Japan | 2 | 14% |
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Germany | 1 | 7% |
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Chile | 1 | <1% |
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 9 | 5% |
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