Fysisk förbättring utan svettning

• Main Author: Johansson, Emmeli
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling 2008
• Subjects: health promotion activity; treadmill; functional design; working environment; work place; ergonomics
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-11327

The last decades the increased computerisation at the places of work has led to new physical loads in the working life and new demands on the working environment. The widespread usage of computers in the working life has led to more sedentary work and less daily movement. The purpose of the thesis is to develop a new product to a concept that in a low intensive and healthy promotional way will activate the body. The product will make a combination of healthy promotion activity and work during office hours possible and primary aims to those with a sedentary office work, which leads to that the body don´t get to be activated in the extent needed. Information has been gathered from studies already made in this area, interviews plus a study and an experiment. From the gathered information concepts and functional solutions has been generated and evaluated to result in a product concept. The thesis has resulted in a concept that consists of a work place unit where the user walks on a treadmill and works at the same time. A general conclusion which can be drawn is that the majority of persons that tested to walk and simultaneously work with a computor on the treadmill found this way of working attractive. Many were positively surprised and said that they would use such an physically activating work place implement if it was available at their place of work.