Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology /University of Kerbala has held a workshop which is entitled “Office work , tablet devices and their effects on physical health” with the participation of professors and students.
The workshop aims at educating the staff, about dangers of health injuries as a result of excessive office work and working on tablets for a long period of time, and how to prevent and treat these cases in order to provide a healthy environment suitable for work in the university corridors in particular.
The workshop includes an introduction to health problems caused by tablet devices such as computer and mobile screens, and their effect on various human organs such as eyes and nervous system, as well as wrong desk sitting and its effects on integrity of spine of the body.
The workshop deals with wrong sitting practices that lead to a hunchback and neck curvature over time, and the most important preventive treatment solutions such as increasing awareness of correct position of the body during work and practicing special types of exercise.
