Back pain is a major problem amongst the growing number of seated workers, and enormous medical and design effort goes into reducing it.
The study sample was very small and the types of outcomes – i.e. typing speed and errors – were not relevant to all seated workers.
The search terms were selected using an iterative process of maximising yield and were based on the population (ergonomic, seated, workers) and the intervention (chair, ergonomic) with a broad outcome (musculoskeletal) in line with standard search criteria.
Gross argues that the seated worker is, essentially, "shackled" to his task and so "in a state of nervous irritation due to forced and prolonged concentration".
But now that the focus of marketing and computer manufacturing has shifted to the wireless arena, the cubicle clientele are taking a back seat to workers who are the most mobile.
A wealthy donor, Michael Ashcroft, had given about $20 million to the Conservative Party, specifically aimed at the campaign for those marginal seats, party workers said.
In addition, existing facilities, such as the 72,000-seat Beijing Workers' Stadium on the city's east side and the Capital Indoor Stadium near the zoo, are being renovated for use during the Olympics.
These are to choose both upper and lower houses of parliament, according to a bewilderingly complex voting formula that mixes proportional and direct representation while reserving half of all seats for "workers and peasants".
These new voices might include constituents in marginal political seats, bar workers, doctors, and other health workers, whose voices might resonate with politicians and provide personal stories to counter the anecdotes about economic ruin presented by opposition groups.
It is a movie where fully clothed professionals silently give their seated co-workers shoulder rubs, for four-and-a-half hours.
