
8
> 600 mm
20°
> 100 mm
90-100°
90-100°
650-1300 mm
SITTING CORRECTLY
140%
Occupational health experts have issued standards and recommendations for preventing harmful habits and
their negative health impact at the office workplace. These standards and recommendations are based on
findings relating to an incorrect and tense sitting posture which limits performance and produces long-term
physical damage over time.
Sitting with a hunched back
doubles the burden (200%) on
the vertebral disks compared
to standing up (100%).
100%
200%
Source: Wilkhahn