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Sitting Posture during Prolonged Computer Typing with and without a Wearable Biofeedback Sensor
Prolonged sitting combined with an awkward posture might contribute to the increased risks of developing spinal pain. Maintaining an upright sitting posture is thus often suggested, especially nowadays when people spend longer periods in the sitting posture for occupational or leisure activities. Ma...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8161121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34069579 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105430 |
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author | Kuo, Yi-Liang Huang, Kuo-Yuan Kao, Chieh-Yu Tsai, Yi-Ju |
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description | Prolonged sitting combined with an awkward posture might contribute to the increased risks of developing spinal pain. Maintaining an upright sitting posture is thus often suggested, especially nowadays when people spend longer periods in the sitting posture for occupational or leisure activities. Many types of assistive devices are commercially available to help computer users maintain an upright sitting posture. As the technology advances, wearable sensors that use microelectromechanical technology are designed to provide real-time biofeedback and promote adjusting posture actively. However, whether such wearable biofeedback sensors could assist adjusting sitting posture in computer users during prolonged typing remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate the effects of a wearable biofeedback sensor on maintaining an upright sitting posture. Twenty-one healthy young adults were recruited and performed a 1-h computer typing task twice, with and without using the active biofeedback device. The sagittal spinal posture during computer typing was measured using a three-dimensional motion analysis system. Using the wearable biofeedback sensor significantly decreased the neck flexion (p < 0.001), thoracic kyphotic (p = 0.033), and pelvic plane (p = 0.021) angles compared with not using the sensor. Computer users and sedentary workers may benefit from using wearable biofeedback sensors to actively maintain an upright sitting posture during prolonged deskwork. |
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spelling | pubmed-81611212021-05-29 Sitting Posture during Prolonged Computer Typing with and without a Wearable Biofeedback Sensor Kuo, Yi-Liang Huang, Kuo-Yuan Kao, Chieh-Yu Tsai, Yi-Ju Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Prolonged sitting combined with an awkward posture might contribute to the increased risks of developing spinal pain. Maintaining an upright sitting posture is thus often suggested, especially nowadays when people spend longer periods in the sitting posture for occupational or leisure activities. Many types of assistive devices are commercially available to help computer users maintain an upright sitting posture. As the technology advances, wearable sensors that use microelectromechanical technology are designed to provide real-time biofeedback and promote adjusting posture actively. However, whether such wearable biofeedback sensors could assist adjusting sitting posture in computer users during prolonged typing remains unknown. This study aimed to investigate the effects of a wearable biofeedback sensor on maintaining an upright sitting posture. Twenty-one healthy young adults were recruited and performed a 1-h computer typing task twice, with and without using the active biofeedback device. The sagittal spinal posture during computer typing was measured using a three-dimensional motion analysis system. Using the wearable biofeedback sensor significantly decreased the neck flexion (p < 0.001), thoracic kyphotic (p = 0.033), and pelvic plane (p = 0.021) angles compared with not using the sensor. Computer users and sedentary workers may benefit from using wearable biofeedback sensors to actively maintain an upright sitting posture during prolonged deskwork. MDPI 2021-05-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8161121/ /pubmed/34069579 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105430 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kuo, Yi-Liang Huang, Kuo-Yuan Kao, Chieh-Yu Tsai, Yi-Ju Sitting Posture during Prolonged Computer Typing with and without a Wearable Biofeedback Sensor |
title | Sitting Posture during Prolonged Computer Typing with and without a Wearable Biofeedback Sensor |
title_full | Sitting Posture during Prolonged Computer Typing with and without a Wearable Biofeedback Sensor |
title_fullStr | Sitting Posture during Prolonged Computer Typing with and without a Wearable Biofeedback Sensor |
title_full_unstemmed | Sitting Posture during Prolonged Computer Typing with and without a Wearable Biofeedback Sensor |
title_short | Sitting Posture during Prolonged Computer Typing with and without a Wearable Biofeedback Sensor |
title_sort | sitting posture during prolonged computer typing with and without a wearable biofeedback sensor |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8161121/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34069579 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105430 |
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