Fact · Accessibility and health
25 to 38percent of people
In the 2005 trial, only 25 to 38 percent of people complied with all components of the intervention, mainly because workstations could not be configured to fit.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Compliance with all components of the intervention was attained for only 25-38% of individuals, due mainly to the inflexibility of workstation configurations.”
A randomised controlled trial of postural interventions for prevention of musculoskeletal symptoms among computer users, Fredric Gerr et al., Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2005, Results.
Open the original (DOI 10.1136/oem.2004.015792)- What it measures
- Compliance means that a person met every component of the programme. Inflexible workstations were the main reason.
- What it does not show
- A reason the trial's result may understate what a fully adjusted workstation can do.