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posted by Fnord666 on Sunday February 19 2017, @11:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the maybe-a-standing-desk? dept.

Researchers at The Ohio State University measured the muscle exertions of 10 central Ohio tattoo artists while they were working, and found that all of them exceeded maximums recommended to avoid injury, especially in the muscles of their upper back and neck.

In the journal Applied Ergonomics, the researchers presented their findings and offered some suggestions on how tattoo artists can avoid injury.

[...] To the researchers' knowledge, this is the first time that anyone has gathered such data from tattoo artists at work.The electrodes gathered data for 15 seconds every 3 minutes for the entirety of each tattoo session. Though a single tattoo session can last as long as 8 hours depending on the size and complexity of the tattoo, the sessions used in the study lasted anywhere from 1 to 3 hours. In addition, the researchers used a standardized observational assessment tool to assess each artist's posture every five minutes and took a picture to document each observation.

To [researcher Dana] Keester, some reasons for the artists' discomfort were immediately obvious. She noted that they sit for prolonged periods of time, often taking a posture just like the one immortalized in Norman Rockwell's painting "Tattoo Artist"—they perch on low stools, lean forward, and crane their neck to keep their eyes close to the tattoo they're creating.

Abstract: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000368701630117X


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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 20 2017, @05:39PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 20 2017, @05:39PM (#469345)

    In my day, sailors got tattoos and pirates got piercings.

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