Alteration and Recovery of Lumbar Spine Mechanics to Flexed Postures

腰椎力学向屈曲姿势的改变和恢复

• 批准号: RGPIN-2016-04900
• 负责人: DeCarvalho, Diana
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Memorial University of Newfoundland
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=648797
• 关键词: Alteration; Recovery; Lumbar; Spine; Mechanics

Society has become aware that sitting for long periods of time is bad. While researchers have shown that sitting is linked with higher risk of developing diseases and earlier death in the long-term, relatively little is known about the short-term effects. Sitting involves a great amount of bending in the spine that directly affects the muscles, nerves and joints of the low back. Changes to these structures can lead to injury resulting in significant impacts on quality of life, the ability to work and productivity levels. It is also interesting that, within the healthy population, some individuals seem to be able to sit extensively without issue whereas others cannot.******Currently, we know that long periods in a posture where the back is totally bent causes the spine to become more flexible, lengthens the time it takes for muscles to turn on to protect joints and can cause inflammation in the ligaments of the spine. There is also evidence that the reversal of the above changes takes more than twice the time it took to create them. Applying these research findings to sitting is not completely correct since most work has only looked at maximum bending whereas sitting involves less extreme bending. Similarly, when appropriate postures have been examined, the testing length has been brief and not comparable to real job situations. To date, no researchers have looked at differences between sitting tolerant and intolerant individuals in the healthy population. ******To address these questions, this program will use healthy, human subjects to investigate changes to the low back, and their persistence, in response to sitting with exposure times and seating types relevant to the workplace. Specifically, changes in back flexibility and muscle activity will be measured and compared between different seats (office, automobile and sit/stand stools), between sitting tolerant/intolerant individuals and between durations (hours, days and one week). ******The anticipated outcomes of this research program include the determination of: (1) differences in flexibility and/or muscle function between sitting tolerant and intolerant individuals, (2) flexibility and muscle function response to various seating types and exposure times and (3) the persistence of flexibility and muscle changes after short (hours, day) and medium (week) exposures to office sitting.******These results will directly lead to targeted workplace interventions and the ability to design appropriate work/rest strategies and evidence-based guidelines to limit exposure to sitting in the workplace. Further, it will contribute to research by providing important information on how the effects of sitting accumulate and persist over time. Since the majority of Canadians spend most of their day sitting at work, the results of this research will have far reaching effects, improving the productivity and performance of workers, and ultimately benefiting the economy and industry.**

社会已经意识到长时间坐着是不好的。虽然研究人员已经表明，长期坐着与更高的患病风险和更早的死亡有关，但对短期影响的了解相对较少。 坐涉及大量的脊柱弯曲，直接影响下背部的肌肉，神经和关节。这些结构的变化可能导致伤害，从而对生活质量、工作能力和生产力水平产生重大影响。同样有趣的是，在健康人群中，有些人似乎能够坐得很长而没有问题，而其他人则不能。目前，我们知道，长时间处于背部完全弯曲的姿势会导致脊柱变得更加灵活，延长肌肉打开以保护关节的时间，并可能导致脊柱韧带发炎。 还有证据表明，上述变化的逆转所需的时间是产生这些变化所需时间的两倍以上。 将这些研究结果应用于坐姿并不完全正确，因为大多数工作只关注最大弯曲，而坐姿涉及较少的极端弯曲。同样，当适当的姿势被检查时，测试长度很短，与真实的工作情况不可比。 到目前为止，还没有研究人员研究过健康人群中耐坐者和不耐坐者之间的差异。** 为了解决这些问题，该计划将使用健康的人类受试者来调查下背部的变化及其持续性，以应对与工作场所相关的暴露时间和座位类型。具体而言，将测量背部柔韧性和肌肉活动的变化，并在不同座椅（办公室、汽车和坐/站凳）之间、坐姿耐受/不耐受个体之间以及持续时间（小时、天和一周）之间进行比较。 * 本研究计划的预期成果包括确定：（1）坐姿耐受和坐姿不耐受个体之间的柔韧性和/或肌肉功能的差异，（2）柔韧性和肌肉功能对各种坐姿类型和暴露时间的反应，以及（3）短时间后柔韧性和肌肉变化的持续性。（小时，天）和中等（周）暴露于办公室坐着。*这些结果将直接导致有针对性的工作场所干预措施，以及设计适当的工作/休息策略和循证指南的能力，以限制在工作场所坐着的暴露。此外，它还将通过提供有关久坐的影响如何随着时间的推移而积累和持续的重要信息来促进研究。 由于大多数加拿大人一天中的大部分时间都是坐着工作，因此这项研究的结果将产生深远的影响，提高工人的生产力和绩效，并最终使经济和工业受益。