Source avec lien : Ergonomics, (En ligne). 10.1080/00140139.2021.1994657
L’effet sur la variation de l’activité musculaire de la combinaison de différentes tâches de bureau n’est pas connu. Nous avons enregistré l’électromyographie du trapèze supérieur (UT), de l’extenseur du poignet (WE) et de l’erector spinae lombaire (LES) chez 24 employés de bureau pendant cinq tâches productives et les pauses. La variance minute par minute a ensuite été estimée, par des simulations, dans un « emploi » de référence comprenant 85% de travail sur ordinateur en position assise et 15% de pauses, et dans des « emplois » où le travail sur ordinateur en position assise était remplacé par différentes proportions des autres tâches de bureau et des pauses.
The effect on muscle activity variation of combining different office tasks is not known. We recorded electromyography from the upper trapezius (UT), wrist extensor (WE) and lumbar erector spinae (LES) in 24 office workers during five productive tasks, and breaks. Minute-to-minute variance was then estimated, by simulations, in a reference ‘job’ consisting of 85% sitting computer work and 15% breaks, and in ‘jobs’ where sitting computer work was replaced by different proportions of the other office tasks and breaks. Replacing sitting computer work with sitting non-computer work increased estimated variance by, in median, 23% (UT), 19% (WE) and 0% (LES). Replacing it with other tasks, in particular, standing computer and non-computer work, was less effective in increasing variance. Thus, some combinations of office tasks have a slight potential to increase muscle activity variation in the shoulder and lower arm, but not the lumbar back, while others will be ineffective. Practitioner summary: The need for exposure variation is often emphasised in office ergonomics. We estimated the effect on muscle activity in the shoulder, forearm and lumbar back of combining sitting computer work with other available tasks and breaks, finding that introduction of sitting non-computer tasks and non-desk work slightly increased variation; other tasks were essentially non-effective.