The Sedentary Worker
(2014) In Diploma work IDEL01 20142Industrial Design
- Abstract
- More and more findings have been
published showing that sedentary
behavior is causing health hazards
that can be independent of the
effects from physical activity. Even
if you go to the gym every day you
might still suffer health effects
from your otherwise sedentary life.
Sicknesses as obesity, metabolic
syndrome, diabetes and back pain
are strongly related to the sedentary
lifestyle. To instead perform work
tasks while alternating between
sitting and standing has been shown
to reduce physical complaints
(Roelofs and Straker, 2002), lessen
fatigue (Hasegawa et al., 2001),
increase energy expenditure (Swartz
el al., 2011) and mostly all without
adversely affecting work performance
(Husemann et al., 2009)
With these... (More) - More and more findings have been
published showing that sedentary
behavior is causing health hazards
that can be independent of the
effects from physical activity. Even
if you go to the gym every day you
might still suffer health effects
from your otherwise sedentary life.
Sicknesses as obesity, metabolic
syndrome, diabetes and back pain
are strongly related to the sedentary
lifestyle. To instead perform work
tasks while alternating between
sitting and standing has been shown
to reduce physical complaints
(Roelofs and Straker, 2002), lessen
fatigue (Hasegawa et al., 2001),
increase energy expenditure (Swartz
el al., 2011) and mostly all without
adversely affecting work performance
(Husemann et al., 2009)
With these positive findings as a
foundation the goal for this project
were set to make a better behavior
more accessible for more people. A
conclusion after visiting different
offices was that the people who
wanted to become more active were
often using electronic sit/stand
desks. Looking at this currently
most used product certain problems
occurred. The electronic desks are
rather pricey, heavy and unsustainable
because of the in-cooperated
electronics.
By removing these negative factors
and creating a more low-technological
solution the choice to start
standing while working could be
made an easier choice.
The desk is targeting people working
from home, students and small
office workers who are using a
laptop. The choice to look at lap
top users was made since it makes
the least sense to push a button for
hoisting up something that weighs
less than 2 kilos but also partly
since analyst firms has been forecasting
the deceive of the PC industry.
The desk is targeting people working
from home, students and small
office workers who are using a
laptop. The choice to look at lap
top users was made since it makes
the least sense to push a button for
hoisting up something that weighs
less than 2 kilos but also partly
since analyst firms has been forecasting
the deceive of the PC industry.
The concept was developed with
two surfaces since it would act as
a visual reminder and also since it
is a common way to remember to
change position by assigning different
surfaces (different positions)
to different tasks. Low price, weight
and sustainability was constant
factors taken into consideration
throughout the project concerning
dimensions, materials etc. (Less)
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- author
- Söderberg, Julia
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- Stillasittande
- course
- IDEL01 20142
- year
- 2014
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- publication/series
- Diploma work
- report number
- ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--14/50247–SE
- ISSN
- ISRN
- language
- English
- id
- 4812631
- date added to LUP
- 2014-11-24 08:17:22
- date last changed
- 2014-11-24 08:17:22
@misc{4812631,
abstract = {{More and more findings have been
published showing that sedentary
behavior is causing health hazards
that can be independent of the
effects from physical activity. Even
if you go to the gym every day you
might still suffer health effects
from your otherwise sedentary life.
Sicknesses as obesity, metabolic
syndrome, diabetes and back pain
are strongly related to the sedentary
lifestyle. To instead perform work
tasks while alternating between
sitting and standing has been shown
to reduce physical complaints
(Roelofs and Straker, 2002), lessen
fatigue (Hasegawa et al., 2001),
increase energy expenditure (Swartz
el al., 2011) and mostly all without
adversely affecting work performance
(Husemann et al., 2009)
With these positive findings as a
foundation the goal for this project
were set to make a better behavior
more accessible for more people. A
conclusion after visiting different
offices was that the people who
wanted to become more active were
often using electronic sit/stand
desks. Looking at this currently
most used product certain problems
occurred. The electronic desks are
rather pricey, heavy and unsustainable
because of the in-cooperated
electronics.
By removing these negative factors
and creating a more low-technological
solution the choice to start
standing while working could be
made an easier choice.
The desk is targeting people working
from home, students and small
office workers who are using a
laptop. The choice to look at lap
top users was made since it makes
the least sense to push a button for
hoisting up something that weighs
less than 2 kilos but also partly
since analyst firms has been forecasting
the deceive of the PC industry.
The desk is targeting people working
from home, students and small
office workers who are using a
laptop. The choice to look at lap
top users was made since it makes
the least sense to push a button for
hoisting up something that weighs
less than 2 kilos but also partly
since analyst firms has been forecasting
the deceive of the PC industry.
The concept was developed with
two surfaces since it would act as
a visual reminder and also since it
is a common way to remember to
change position by assigning different
surfaces (different positions)
to different tasks. Low price, weight
and sustainability was constant
factors taken into consideration
throughout the project concerning
dimensions, materials etc.}},
author = {{Söderberg, Julia}},
issn = {{ISRN}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
series = {{Diploma work}},
title = {{The Sedentary Worker}},
year = {{2014}},
}