title: Generalization of posture training to computer workstations in an applied setting.
abstract: Improving employees' posture may decrease the risk of musculoskeletal disorders. The current paper is a systematic replication and extension of Sigurdsson and Austin (2008), who found that an intervention consisting of information, real-time feedback, and self-monitoring improved participant posture at mock workstations. In the current study, participants worked in an applied setting, and posture data were collected at participants' own workstations and a mock workstation. Intervention in the mock setting was associated with consistent improvement in safe posture at the mock workstation, but generalization to the actual workstation was limited.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Maryland 21250, USA. sos@umbc.edu
authors.forename: Sigurdur O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Sigurdsson
authors.forename: Brandon M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Ring
authors.forename: Mick
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Needham
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Boscoe
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D005260:Female; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D019370:Observation; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*; D017132:Workplace