Office Chair: The Major Components

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A chair that is perfectly designed and accurately adjusted is an indispensable element for a productive and safe workstation. An ideal chair provides necessary support to the leg, back, buttocks, and arms. It also reduces stress and forceful exertions. Enhanced adjustability assures adequate support for a variety of sitting postures.

While creating a safe and productive workstation, the following seating chair components are important:

Backrest:
Inadequate backrest size, material and positioning results in poor back support, and wrong postures. Working in these postures lead to fatigue and back pain. For instance, a chair without an adjustable backrest can not provide the required lumbar support or maintain the proper shape of the spine.

Chair :
Using a high seated chair might force you perform work with your feet not supported on the floor making it very difficult to maintain the appropriate shape of the spine. Such awkward postures can result in fatigue, swelling, restricted circulation, pain and numbness.

Armrest :
An armrest can be used depending ...
... upon factors such as amount of time spend during work hours, and based on whether the user has had a musculoskeletal disorder or its associated symptoms.

Base :
Chairs that have fewer legs provide very less support, and are prone to tipping often. Wrong selection of industrial caster wheels and casterless chairs create difficulty in positioning the chair in relation to the desk. This in addition creates fatigue and muscle strain.

Some tips for making a wise choice for chairs are:

The backrest should blend well with the natural curve of your spinal cord

It should also provide adequate lumbar support.

The seat must be soft, and comfortable, and should allow you to place your feet flat on the floor.

Soft armrests are to be provided, and must allow the shoulders and elbows to stay close to the body.

The chair you opt for must have a five leg base with office chair casters, and should not affect the easy movement along the floor.

People, who install wooden floors instead of carpets, need to protect their floors by using soft wheeled chairs. Nowadays, office chairs have nylon caster wheels which can be used on carpeted floors, as well as on other wooden floors. The biggest disadvantage of the nylon caster is that it will cause scratches on the floor. To combat this, you may use hard floor casters which will smoothly slide over hardwood floors and will not create any scratches.

Source Medical Equipment offers a wide selection of seating chair components, chair glides, chair caps, hard floor casters, dual wheel caster set. Varieties for both soft and hard floors are available, as well as reverse brake casters.