Monday, September 21, 2009

Ergonomic Chair Style and Design Features

Here are some ergonomic features you should be looking for in your mesh office chair: adjustable armrests (preferably "T" armrests), a headrest or head pillow, 2-to-1 tilt, and contemporary or traditional styles, adjustable lumbar cushion, as well as a no-swivel or swivel chair base.

If you want a stylish mesh chair, there are a range of attractive design features to choose from: chrome frames, contemporary or traditional style, platinum finish accents, and various chair colors. The color range isn't that wide. The general colors available are gray, black, brown, blue, green, and red.

There are also a wide range of materials to select from, such as: fabric seats, woven mesh backs, layered leather seats, sled base, nylon fiber seats, and so on.

Mesh Office Chair - an Ergonomic Office Furnishing

One of the most popular, and comfortable, furniture pieces in offices nowadays is mesh office chairs. Many of the modern mesh office chairs are designed specifically to provide the most ergonomic support for anyone sitting in the chair. It has superior support mechanisms and its great to sit in because of its ventilated back and/or seat.

The development of ergonomic furniture, which also includes mesh office chairs, all started when doctors and scientists began seeing in increase in chronic back and neck pain. After thinking about all the possible causes, they connected the pain to people using furniture for very long periods of time that do not provide proper support for their bodies. People are working much longer hours sitting in chairs that weren't designed to provide their body with the proper amount of support for that long of a period of time.

The simplest way for scientists to remedy the situation was to design furniture that addressed the support issue. They eventually developed ergonomic furniture like the mesh chair to address the problem on a broad scale. Human-friendly furniture designed to reduce the chronic neck and back pains.

External Sources:
Mesh Office Chair Resources
How To Find The Right Mesh Office Chair