Digital Devices Archives - EMFSA https://www.emfsa.co.za/tag/digital-devices/ Electromagnetic fields South Africa Tue, 26 Oct 2021 16:05:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.emfsa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-EMFSA_logo-fv-32x32.png Digital Devices Archives - EMFSA https://www.emfsa.co.za/tag/digital-devices/ 32 32 Potentially negative effects of internet use https://www.emfsa.co.za/videos/potentially-negative-effects-of-internet-use/ Sat, 26 Dec 2020 11:37:50 +0000 https://www.emfsa.co.za/?p=18784 European Parliamentary Research Service Nov 6, 2020 It is increasingly recognised that the internet, in spite of all its benefits to society, can also be correlated with significant harms to individuals and society. Some of these harms have been studied extensively, particularly harms to privacy, harms associated with security and cybercrime, and harms resulting from […]

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European Parliamentary Research Service

Nov 6, 2020

It is increasingly recognised that the internet, in spite of all its benefits to society, can also be correlated with significant harms to individuals and society. Some of these harms have been studied extensively, particularly harms to privacy, harms associated with security and cybercrime, and harms resulting from digital divides. This video presents less studied but equally important harms: harms associated with internet use that concern the health, well-being a functioning of individuals, and the impact on social structures and institutions. It also lists some concrete policy options to be considered by the EU Institutions and Member States, to mitigate negative effects of the internet for European citizens. Read more in our publication: Potentially negative effects of internet use:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinkt…

https://epthinktank.eu/2020/05/14/pot…

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]]> Postural load in digital device usage and musculoskeletal disorders https://www.emfsa.co.za/research-and-studies/postural-load-in-digital-device-usage-and-musculoskeletal-disorders/ Sun, 22 Dec 2019 10:19:14 +0000 https://www.emfsa.co.za/?p=11759 Source: https://www.pointsdevue.com/article/postural-load-digital-device-usage-and-musculoskeletal-disorders?fbclid=IwAR00DRiPQoLTl4utOq-m5CWSq9-QzMr1xW3b_GvzzMOZ7UvG9kg5etb5PIU Prolonged use of digital devices has been demonstrated to greatly affect the health of workers who use them during their working day. In fact, 62% of such workers eventually end up with neck and shoulder musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). The most frequent signs and symptoms include pain, muscle fatigue, headache, muscle imbalances, a tendency […]

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Prolonged use of digital devices has been demonstrated to greatly affect the health of workers who use them during their working day. In fact, 62% of such workers eventually end up with neck and shoulder musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs).

The most frequent signs and symptoms include pain, muscle fatigue, headache, muscle imbalances, a tendency to forward head position (FHP) and augmented spinal loads. The exact symptoms depend on how tense people keep their neck when using video displays (VDTs). For example, using a mobile phone requires more tension, increasing the tendency to FHP and augmenting the cervical load compared to situations which require less tension, such as when using computers. According to international standards, MSDs in the neck are mainly caused by high-frequency (more than two per minute) neck movements and/or the neck being held at a fixed position too long.

Extract only – for the full article please see

https://www.pointsdevue.com/article/postural-load-digital-device-usage-and-musculoskeletal-disorders?fbclid=IwAR00DRiPQoLTl4utOq-m5CWSq9-QzMr1xW3b_GvzzMOZ7UvG9kg5etb5PIU

KEY TAKEAWAYS
  • Intensive use of mobile digital devices may lead to musculoskeletal disorders induced by the increase of spinal load.
  • Even with a comfortable head position, maintaining an overly static posture for long periods of time gives rise to neck and shoulder strains.
  • Long-lasting static postures act against the anatomical nature of the cervical spine.
  • Dynamic mechanical load is essential to manage the balance of fluids inside the intervertebral discs.
  • Regular small head movements and microbreaks are mandatory to preserve healthy intervertebral discs and postural comfort during long-lasting use of digital devices.

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