Good office furniture aids health

Office furniture (Büromöbel) is used every day by millions of people at home and at work.  It is important to use well designed and constructed office furniture as it can effect your health without you even knowing it.  When a third of your working week is spent using particular furniture items, repeated use of the wrong products can cause a number of disabling physical conditions.  Back problems and repetitive stress injury are two common complaints which arise due to using inappropriate office equipment.  The field of ergonomics has advanced a lot in recent times and has led to the design and development of some great office furniture for the modern work place.

Ergonomics is concerned with how well people are physically suited or 'fit' to their working conditions.  While the factors influencing worker information affect the study of ergonomics, it is primarily concerned with equipment and how well it fits with the environment where any work is taking place.  The study of ergonomics draws on a number of fields of study, including industrial design, kinesiology, physiology, biomechanics  and mechanical engineering.  Seating ergonomics is a major part of the field, concerned with the design of office seating and its relationship to desks and computer usage.  When sitting, the majority of the weight in the body is transferred to the seat, making chair design and usage in particular a critical aspect to a workers health and well being.

The lumbar part of the spine needs to be supported to decrease pressure to the lower five vertabrate.  The ideal seating design to do this needs to have an inclination of 120 degrees and a lumbar support of 5 cm.  Armrests are also critical and should be adjustable to achieve maximum support and minimum stress to the body.  As well as office chairs, good ergonomic design of mobile file cabinet (Rollcontainer) products, workstations and desks can go a long way to ensuring the health of office workers.  Just because office workers may not have to do much lifting and bending in their workplace, it does not mean that they can not suffer injury and stress while working.  Access to good office furniture is critical for the health and well being of all office workers.