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The impact of remote work using mobile information and communication technologies on physical health: a systematic review
Remote e-working with information and communication technology (ICT) has long been on the rise, with its implementation accelerated by mandatory working from home regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic. This systematic literature review summarises the influencing factors of ICT-based remote e-working (device types, duration of use, user interfaces, etc.) on the physical health (musculoskeletal system and eyes) of knowledge workers. A search in four electronic databases and a manual search in four German journals resulted in 21 articles being included in this review. A bias analysis was conducted for all articles. Unfavourable postures, inappropriate working devices and certain environmental factors may cause a range of physical complaints, even after comparably short periods of time. Mostly, these complaints are greater compared to those experienced when working on a fully equipped stationary computer. Therefore, remote e-working requires careful planning, awareness, and the willingness to embrace working situations that counteract these problems. Different factors associated with remote e-working may influence physical health. This systematic literature review found that unfavourable postures, inappropriate working devices and certain environmental factors may cause physical complaints, even after short periods of time. Mostly, these complaints are greater compared to those experienced when working on a stationary computer.</p
Additional file 2: Table S2. of Kinematic analysis of work-related musculoskeletal loading of trunk among dentists in Germany
Office work and other activities: Duration of the respective work stages, percentile values (P05, P25, P50, P75, P95) and values of the modified interquantile range (mIR). (DOCX 30 kb
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Kinematic analysis of work-related musculoskeletal loading of trunk among dentists in Germany
Treatment: Duration of the respective work stages, percentile values (P05, P25, P50, P75, P95) and values of the modified interquantile range (mIR). (DOCX 40 kb
Heavy lifting results from three studies eligible for exposure response analysis.
<p>*Results are statistically significant at alpha level of 0.05.</p
Definition of quality for exposure assessment of studies on osteoarthritis of the hip (score 1–5).
<p>*Score 1 = low quality; score 5 = high quality.</p
Standing, Sitting and Stair Climbing results from three studies eligible for exposure response analysis.
<p>Standing, Sitting and Stair Climbing results from three studies eligible for exposure response analysis.</p
Study attributes and their contribution to assessment of quality.
<p>Study attributes and their contribution to assessment of quality.</p
Flow diagram on identification of literature for critical evaluation.
<p>Flow diagram on identification of literature for critical evaluation.</p