sitting
Let an agent handle sitting as a posture by type, ergonomics, health guidance and cultural practice, without personal medical advice.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle sitting as a posture by type, ergonomics, health guidance and cultural practice, without personal medical advice.
A posture in which the body weight is supported mainly by the buttocks or thighs, on a seat, the floor or the heels, including cultural postures such as seiza, cross-legged sitting and sonkyo; prolonged sitting is a recognised health consideration.
What it is for: Resting, working, eating and ritual.
It can be describe sitting postures and traditions; set up ergonomic seating; find guidance on breaking up prolonged sitting; adapt seating for disabilities.
Distinguishing features
Weight on buttocks or thighs
Many cultural forms
Ergonomics matters
Prolonged sitting has health effects
What it looks like
A person seated on a chair, bench, floor or heels.
How it is recognised
Chair sitting and floor sitting
Cultural postures such as seiza
A sitting as a session of a body is a different sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
uses - furniture
is studied by - field
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
chair sitting
cross-legged sitting
kneeling postures such as seiza
squatting and sonkyo
side-saddle riding (historical)
Standards and regulation
Workplace display screen and seating guidance
WHO physical activity guidelines on sedentary behaviour
Failure modes and hazards
Back and neck pain from poor posture
Health risks of prolonged sedentary time
Pressure injuries for wheelchair users
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Posture Which posture.
Postures differ.
Type
Chair or floor.
Type
Posture type.
- Which sitting posture is meant? definition
- In which cultural context? provenance
Tradition
Etiquette.
Tradition
Cultural etiquette.
- What etiquette surrounds this posture, according to sources? provenance
- Are alternatives acceptable for people who cannot use it? boundary
Ergonomics Seating.
Setup matters.
Setup
Chair and desk.
Setup
Seating setup.
- How should chair and desk be adjusted, according to ergonomic guidance? action
- Is an assessment available at work? provenance
Accessibility
Adapted seating.
Accessibility
Adapted seating.
- What seating adaptations help people with disabilities? provenance
- Who can assess needs, such as an occupational therapist? action
Health Sedentary time.
Public guidance, not personal advice.
Guidance
Breaking up sitting.
Guidance
Sedentary guidance.
- What do health authorities advise about prolonged sitting? provenance
- Which guideline is cited? provenance
Pain
Clinicians.
Pain
Pain limit.
- Is the user asking about persistent pain? boundary
- How should they be referred to a clinician or physiotherapist? action
Senses Disambiguation.
Sitting has other senses.
Session
Meeting.
Session
Session sense.
- Is a sitting of a court or parliament meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Portrait
Modelling.
Portrait
Portrait sense.
- Is a portrait sitting meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should cultural postures be separate entries?
- How should ergonomic guidance be localised?
- How should the session sense be split off?