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Article: Vertebral column carries 350 percent of body weight in sitting position (Local).(Column)
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- Yemen Times (Sana'a, Yemen)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2009
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SANA'A, Oct. 12 -- Neurosurgeons stated that the backbone of someone sitting at a work desk carried the equivalent of 350 percent of that person's body weight, and explained that this was a common cause of back pain, during the Sixth Arab Spine Conference held from 11 to13 October in Sana'a.
"The backbone carries 350 percent of our body weight when we sit at our desks at work, 70 percent when we stand or walk and 10 percent when we sleep," stated Dr. Ismail Al-Kebsi, the general secretary of the Yemeni Association of Yemeni Neurosurgeons
Al-Kebsi added that sitting positions during qat sessions also play a big role in causing back pains.
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