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From: al@genrad.UUCP (Al Gudaitis)
Newsgroups: net.consumers,net.med
Subject: Re: British Design "Back" Chair
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Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 12:37:23 EST
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> I recently had the pleasure of trying out one of those wierd looking chairs
> where you rest your knees on one part of the chair and rest your derriere on
> the other part. I found it very comfortable and felt no back strain.........
> 

I have recently purchased one of those chairs and I, too, find it comfortable
for my back.  However, my knees are killing me now.  This may be a problem due
to the manufacturing philosophy of one-size-fits-all.  I find that my knees
have to be bent at considerably more than 90 degrees when sitting on this
chair and that places a constant force exactly on the kneecap.  Perhaps if the
knee-rest were higher relative to the base of the chair, more of my "forward-
sliding-weight" would be supported by my shins instead of by my knee.  I
haven't yet had a chance to experiment with this possibility but I'll let you
know if it helps.

					Al Gudaitis
					decvax!genrad!al