Biomechanical and physiological responses of children and young adults to different computer workstations

澳大利亚95%的小学生现在正在使用电脑，电脑的使用量正在增加。三分之二的儿童和四分之三的成年员工报告说，与使用电脑有关的疼痛。这引发了人们的担忧，即电脑使用的增加可能是年轻人肌肉骨骼疾病增加的原因。人们对儿童使用电脑的身体后果知之甚少。由于计算机技术和计算机使用方式的变化，我们拥有的成人使用信息现在已经过时。因此，不可能为年轻人安全使用计算机提供循证建议。我们知识中的关键差距包括适当的办公桌设计和计算机显示位置。拟议的研究将利用肌肉骨骼应力的生物力学和生理学测量和建模方面的最新进展，评估一系列适用于青壮年、青春期前儿童和学龄儿童的书桌设计和电脑展示位置。结果将包括第一次详细描述儿童使用计算机的物理压力，以及工作站设计的初步指导方针。

Computer use is increasing with 95% of Australian primary school children now using computers. Two out of three children and three out of four adult workers report pain associated with computer use. This has lead to concerns that increased computer use may be responsible for an increase in musculoskeletal disorders in young people. Little is known about the physical consequences of children's use of computers. The information we have on adult use is now out of date because of changes to computer technology and how computers are used. It is therefore not possible to provide evidence-based recommendations for safe use of computers by young people. Critical gaps in our knowledge include the appropriate desk design and computer display position. The proposed studies will use recent advances in biomechanical and physiological measurement and modelling of musculoskeletal stress to evaluate a range of desk designs and computer display positions for young adults, preadolescentchilden and early school age children. The outcomes will include the first detailed description of the physical stresses of computer use by children and preliminary guidelines for workstation design.