What chair do I use?
Context
A common topic of developers is the chair we sit on. Well what chair do I use?
The popular choice is not always the best choice. The Ikea Markus shows a lot on those discussions. Ikea creates cheap, easy to find, good enough product. It is understandable to see this one so much.
In fact I own one and I still use it from time to time like on this open table about gamification:
But this is more a "chilling chair" than a work chair. My main one is not a chair, it is a stool.
Ergonomic Stool
Note that an ergonomic stool is also known as a kneeling chair.
Why?
Science currently mostly says that they are best for my health. I like my health so why not?
- These results suggest that, compared to a conventional chair, the use of a kneeling chair enables a more efficient upright sitting posture with lower trunk muscle activity, as well as a more efficient slump sitting posture with a smaller reduction in lordosis of the lumbar spine: Comparison of Trunk Muscle Activities and Spinal Curvature when Sitting on a Kneeling Chair and Sitting on a Conventional Chair -- Investigation of Two Sitting Postures.
- This study suggests that ergonomically designed kneeling chairs set at +20deg inclination do maintain standing lumbar curvature to a greater extent than sitting on a standard computer chair with an overall mean difference of 7.633: Ergonomically designed kneeling chairs are they worth it?
- The kneeling chair results in the lowest hip joint reaction force and hip flexion: Computer-based estimation of the hip joint reaction force and hip flexion angle in three different sitting configurations
- Balans Chair (semi kneeling): The Balans chair and its semi-kneeling position: an ergonomic comparison with the conventional sitting position.
- Palliative Interventions for Sedentary Low Back Pain: The Physiotherapy Ball, the Kneeling Chair and Conventional Ergonomics Compared
- Effect of a kneeling chair on lumbar curvature in patients with low back pain and healthy controls: A pilot study
Which?
You can find a lot of different model online. I do not really know which one I use. I don't because I got mine for free online.
They can be quite cheap. 20€ second-handed or around 100€ new.
and if you don't like it, put it back online. I won't judge.
Tags: hardware, ergonomy
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