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USING REAL‐TIME VISUAL FEEDBACK TO IMPROVE POSTURE AT COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS
Author(s) -
Sigurdsson Sigurdur O.,
Austin John
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.2008.41-365
Subject(s) - multiple baseline design , intervention (counseling) , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , workstation , physical therapy , visual feedback , computer science , medicine , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , operating system
The purpose of the current study was to examine the effects of a multicomponent intervention that included discrimination training, real‐time visual feedback, and self‐monitoring on postural behavior at a computer workstation in a simulated office environment. Using a nonconcurrent multiple baseline design across 8 participants, the study assessed the effects of the intervention across three postural variables. Following an information phase, the intervention started for the lowest stable postural variable. The intervention led to substantial improvements in safety behavior for most targeted postural variables. A reversal to the information phase for 2 participants did not lead to decreases in safety. Postures self‐monitored with high accuracy improved to a greater degree than postures self‐monitored with low accuracy.