Walk through the offices of just about any company and you'll see people of vastly different sizes and proportions. Some may weigh twice as much as others and may be more than a foot taller. Using the chair's adjustment features can make some people more comfortable, but others must endure the aggravation of chairs that don't fit correctly.
Good fit is crucial to comfortable and supportive office seating.
All the latest ergonomic features and adjustments are of little or no value if the chairs don't properly fit the individuals using them. Discomfort or pain from sitting in ill-fitting chairs can subsequently affect worker satisfaction and productivity. Accelerating this concern over good fit in office seating is the increasing number of medical claims and lawsuits asserting causal links between chronic pain and the repetitive use of office equipment, including chairs. 3 Of the dozens of different office chairs on the market, many are touted as the perfect office chair. It has been said, however, that there is no such thing as the perfect office chair, because there is no such thing as the perfect body.