"ACTIVE COMFORT" MEANS THE BEST IN SEATING COMFORT
- Research conducted by
- The research group for Industrial Anthropology at Kiel University under the leadership of Prof.Hans W.Jürgens and Dr.Helbig.
- The aim
- To analyse the movement characteristics on different office chairs during office work.
- The trial
- A video time lapse process records the frequency of the body movements and the change in the angle of the body. An electromagnetic system records and analyses the movement pattern.
The result : Those seated on an office chair with "Glide-Tec®" sit more than twice as long (41%) in a reclining, relaxed position as those seated on chairs with a conventional synchronous mechanism (19%).
- With "Glide-Tec®", in contrast to conventional chairs, the comfort ranges of the body angle are hardly ever kinematically exceeded. In each sitting position the angle of comfort is very favourable. Thus the office chairs with "Glide-Tec" permit natural, dynamic sitting with no impairment to comfort.
- The movement patterns show that with "Glide-Tec®" even when leaning back the person is still within reach of the keyboard or the edge of the desk. Thus it is possible to work effectively even in a reclining posture.
