As announced last week by the Minister of Labor, Elisabeth Borne, “in the curfew areas, employers set, within the framework of local social dialogue, a minimum number of teleworking days per week, for positions which allow it. “They are also” invited “to do so in other areas.” Back at home, in front of your computer, it’s time to learn the lessons of the long weeks of confinement and not to repeat the same mistakes.
A study by Inserm has indeed shown that pamong teleworkers who did not suffer from low back pain before confinement, almost 11% had developed back painat the end of these weeks of compulsory teleworking. “In addition to the fact that teleworking is more or less suffered by the worker (a psycho-social factor that can have an impact on musculoskeletal disorders), prolonged teleworking on workstations not designed for this purpose, under conditions variable installation (isolated room or not …), not very ergonomic, could be at the origin of the adoption of postures of the trunk and muscular tensions likely to favor the occurrence of low back pain or neck pain “explain the researchers of inserm.
While the Covid-19 epidemic is once again in a growing phase and regular teleworking is taking hold over time, here is the best way to organize it so as not to increase the risk of MSDs or psycho-social disorders.
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