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Introduction
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Our place of work is where we spend a good part of our time and must be as comfortable as possible. Office furniture and in particular office chairs play a vital role in ensuring a pleasant ambience in the workplace, thanks to the ergonomic, elegant and comfortable designs that are replacing the concept of functionality that existed previously.
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Although the human body is designed specifically for activity, a seated posture seems to be more our main body position. And not just when we are at work either - this applies whether we are eating, sitting in the car or even in our leisure activities. More than 10 million people in the UK carry out their activities in a seated position which could be around 70,000 hours during their working life. Changes in the working environment, together with ever-increasing technology in the office is creating new risks to health. The muscular activity, which is so essential for our health and well-being, is disappearing rapidly from our daily life. Lack of physical movement is one of the causes of many illnesses.
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The design of office seating has therefore had to change from simply providing comfortable chairs of various sizes, to the provision of a sophisticated tool that will provide dynamic posture support in the many different tasks now required to be undertaken at the workstation.
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