An ergonomic or Two-tier Desk is one that can be modified to the user’s physical features. Its typical dimensions are as follows:
- Height 65-74 cm (in a seated position)
- Depth 80-110 cm
- Distance with the seat 20-26 cm.
Today very widespread, work in a static position, sitting or standing, for a prolonged period and without moving is strongly discouraged. The solution! Alternating between standing and sitting postures enables you to establish a dynamic posture for improved comfort and efficiency at your desk.
With all that in mind, the bases of height-adjustable desks have a sit-stand feature that enables the user to adapt his or her desk to his or her morphology and tasks: men and women, large and tiny, require unique solutions. The transition from sitting to standing also promotes teamwork and gives a new point of view of its use: both a work plan and a meeting table for example.
The Utter Against Inactivity
Sitting for 2 hours is equivalent to losing 20 minutes of physical activity. Prolonged sitting causes high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Study shows that productivity increases by 46% when sit-stand platforms are used. You burn 30% more calories by standing rather than sitting.
The Importance of a Two-Tier Desk
The layout of the workstations must make it possible to avoid compression of the tissues and promote blood circulation. Work in a static position, sitting or standing, for a prolonged period and without moving around is therefore not recommended. Alternating standing and sitting positions allows you to adopt a dynamic posture for better comfort and more efficiency at the workstation. The legs of the height-adjustable workstations have a sit-stand functionality that allows the user to adapt his desk to his morphology and to his tasks: men and women, large and small, require different solutions. The transition from sitting to standing also promotes teamwork and gives a new point of view of its use: both a work plan and a meeting table for example.
Why A Two-Tier Desk?
A work surface must, like a chair, be adapted to the needs of the user and the tasks to be performed, so that the posture adopted is as comfortable as possible and not costly for health, thus participating in the prevention of MSDs. However, most of the desks currently in place in companies are not adjustable in height (720mm +/- 15mm, according to standard NF EN 527-1): they are suitable for people measuring approximately 1.75m. However, there is a great diversity of people (men, women, adults, children, etc.). This is a desk that is too low can cause, for example, low back pain and a desk that is too high, neck and shoulder pain. It is therefore essential that the table is adjustable in height. to suit the stature of the person using it.
The Importance of Adopting a Dynamic Posture
Man is not made to stand still, whatever his position. It is essential to offer people the possibility of modulating their position and of alternating static (immobile) and dynamic (mobile) phases at their own pace. It is imperative to move regularly not only to allow the various muscles to be supplied with water and nourishment, but also to eliminate the products of metabolic degradation.
