This factsheets explain how continuous standing or sitting while working is a common source of discomfort and fatigue. Frequent changes of body positions, including alternating between sitting and standing, helps to avoid fatigue.

This short video (2'30 ") was designed by ANACT at the request of the State Secretariat in charge of pensions and occupational health in order to facilitate the deployment of quality teleworking in times of crisis and beyond. Does teleworking requires more control of the activity? Does it...

This OSHwiki article presents the Hungarian Spine Society (HSS) prevention programme set up to achieve daily physical education (DPE) with special posture-correcting exercises for all students. A sedentary lifestyle in children affects the development of their spine, its physiological curvature and...

The objective of this OSHwiki article is to show how public health actors were able to achieve mandatory prescription and gradual implementation of daily physical education (DPE) for all schoolchildren in Hungary and how the implementation was helped by medical professionals and by some ambitious...

This article shows how important it is to adopt a "life-course" approach for studying musculoskeletal conditions and musculoskeletal health. This approach gives potential for a better understanding of how and why musculoskeletal conditions occur over the life course and how musculoskeletal health...

The pandemic (COVID - 19) has forced many enterprises to ask their workers to work from home. Under these circumstances, teleworkers can be exposed to health and safety risks that need to be addressed.

This article presents several economic and legal issues related to home-based teleworking (including the OSH related ones: safety and ergonomics).