Abstract
Computer use and posture has been linked to musculoskeletal disorders. Web-based tools offer a way for users in large organizations to perform an initial assessment and routine adjustment of their workstations, allowing the ergonomist to focus on more detailed cases. Twelve male and eight female subjects used a web-based tool to adjust two standard workstations. The tool presented information using text, animation and color coding to accommodate as many learning styles as possible. Afterwards, an ergonomist, blinded to the adjustments made previously, adjusted each workstation for the subject. Subject adjustments agreed with the ergonomist's for chair height, seat pan depth, armrest height, monitor depth and keyboard tray height with moderate correlation values and mean errors of less than 1.35 cm. The results indicate computer users are able to adjust their own workstations following this type of web-based instruction.
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