The Influence of applied pressure on the seated person and the prediction of early discomfort - protocol for a systematic review

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2019

Authors

Marko Cvetkovic (Author) Other; Joana Duarte (Author) FEUP; Denise Soares (Author) Other; João Santos Baptista (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Safety

Vol. 202

Pages: 77-83

ISSN: 2184-0954

Publisher: FEUP - Sociedade Portuguesa de Segurança e Higiene Ocupacionais

Indexing

DOAJ

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Safety technology

FOS: Medical and Health sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00Q-D4F

DOI: 10.24840/2184-0954_003.001_0008

Abstract (EN): <jats:p>Sitting comfortably in a vehicle, office or at home, besides design characteristics, requires excellent physical support of the material to the exposed body segments. An uncomfortable seat can cause well-known pain such as lower back pain, which is nowadays become as "chronical" pain among all the seated workers. This systematic review protocol is based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols (PRISMA-P) Statement and presents a methodology to find possible evidence of critical values of the applied pressure which can cause a negative impact on the soft tissues of the seated person. Furthermore, if it is possible to correlate obtained critical values with the time spent in the sitting position. Based on this, the main databases (Scopus, PubMed and Science Direct) will be searched using the same keywords combination for all of them. Afterwards, articles selection process, data extraction, and validation will be approved independently by the reviewers and collected data will be summarized in a spreadsheet table. Outcomes of the selected articles will be examined in the details and will be analyzed in order to extract the main results.</jats:p>

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 7