HWM Singapore – June 2019

00 HWM | JUNE 2019

THINK

How often do you

pondered the benefits

of ergonomics?

By Wong Chung Wee

Strange

bedfellows

We are all familiar with

ergonomics. It’s the science of

designing and arranging things people

use so that the interaction between

the users and things are natural and

efficient. There have also been calls to

concern regarding the general health

of a population that’s increasingly

stationary, staring into a screen, with

bad posture. So, I decided to try the

standing desk trend – for science

and health.

The benefits of standing at the

desk haven’t been backed conclusively

by scientific evidence. However,

the change in position from sitting

to standing, and vice versa, acts to

prevent the user from remaining in

either position for too long.

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