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I'm not sure I understand how incorrect relative placement of the keyboard and monitor is any more or less an issue with a standing vs. sitting desk. Your uppe
by kscaldef 16y ago
I'm not sure I understand how incorrect relative placement of the keyboard and monitor is any more or less an issue with a standing vs. sitting desk. Your upper body remains in the same position either way, so wouldn't you want both keyboard and monitor to move up and down in lock-step?
That said, almost all sitting desks, IME, place the keyboard too high relative to the monitor.
- niels_olson 16y ago"Upper body" is where you went wrong. Anatomically, we don't talk about an "upper body". There is the shoulder girdle (collar bones, scapula, manubrium), thorax (chest with ribs), the abdomen (soft, supported by the lumbar spine and flank muscles (aka fajitas, or skirt steak)), and then the pelvis. Your lumbar spine is in an entirely opposite position (flexion vs extension) when sitting vs standing because it has to accommodate the connection between your torso and your pelvis. Your torso's position may be the same, but your pelvis is clearly rotated anteriorly while sitting compared to standing. This puts different loads on the lumbar disks and the strap muscles of the spine, some of the biggest muscles in your body (in pigs these giant muscles are bread-loafed to make pork chops - that bone in the pork chop is half a lumbar vertebrate)
- kscaldef 16y agoHow does that affect where I want my keyboard relative to my monitor (i.e. positions of my eyes vs. hands)?
- kylecordes 16y agoYes, exactly - most desks have the keyboard height and system/monitor height much too close together (most commonly, the same surface). I adjusted both separately until they were comfortable (90 degree elbows, looking straight at the monitor) and the result was much more height difference than usual.