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Article: Ergonomics experts: Watch your back
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- Central Penn Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 24, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Journal Publications Inc. Jul 24, 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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What can injure you with barely a movement, is found throughout office buildings and rarely makes a noise - save for an occasional squeak? Blend- ing into its surroundings, it's always there when you come to work in the morning, and you never spend a day without it.
Figured it out yet? You guessed it - it's your chair.
According to midstate office designers, the standard office chair often is to blame for injuries that can be avoided with a consideration for ergonomics.
According to Susquehanna Health System in Williamsport, ergonomics is the study of how a person's body interacts with their environment when performing a task.
An ergonomie environment is one in which the work station ...