The use of the portable ergonomic observation method (PEO) to monitor the sitting posture of schoolchildren in the classroom |
| |
Authors: | Murphy Sam Buckle Peter Stubbs Dave |
| |
Affiliation: | Robens Centre for Health Ergonomics, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. s.murphy@surrey.ac.uk |
| |
Abstract: | Contrary to common belief, back pain amongst young people is a frequent phenomenon. Epidemiological studies have found high prevalence rates of back pain amongst schoolchildren. The investigation reported here aims to validate children's self-reporting and the observation of sitting postures to establish the intensity, duration and frequency of exposure in the classroom. The sitting postures of 18 children were recorded using three methods, the portable ergonomic observation method (PEO), video analysis and self-report. The three methods were compared. PEO was significantly correlated with video analysis of the sitting postures after development of the method. Self-report was not significantly correlated with video analysis of the sitting postures. Therefore PEO was selected as the main observation tool in further analysis of children's sitting posture in schools in South-East England as part of a large research programme investigating back pain amongst schoolchildren. |
| |
Keywords: | Posture Sitting Observation |
本文献已被 ScienceDirect PubMed 等数据库收录! |