Mismatch of classroom furniture and student body dimensions: empirical findings and health implications.
نویسندگان
چکیده
PURPOSE To examine possible mismatch between the individual body dimensions of students and the classroom furniture they use. METHODS A total of 74 (37 male and 37 female) sixth-through eighth-grade students in a Michigan school district participated in the study; their ages ranged from 10 years, 11 months to 14 years, 3 months. Anthropometric measurements (including elbow height, shoulder height, upper arm length, knee height, popliteal height, buttock-popliteal length, and stature) were gathered in several physical education classes, each during a single session. In addition, the furniture dimensions were measured for three styles of chairs and three styles of desks prevalent in the students' classrooms. Based on both the information about student body dimensions and furniture dimensions, measures of fit or mismatch were constructed. RESULTS The data indicate a substantial degree of mismatch between the students' bodily dimensions and the classroom furniture available to them. Fewer than 20% of students can find acceptable chair/desk combinations. Most students are sitting in chairs with seats that are too high or too deep and at desks that are too high. Even after controlling for body stature, girls are less likely to find fitting chairs. CONCLUSIONS Based on the evidence presented, many sixth through eighth graders must endure seating arrangements in their classrooms that are not conducive to learning.
منابع مشابه
Student's Body Dimensions in Relation to Classroom Furniture.
BACKGROUND This study was carried out to investigate the fit between university student's anthropometry and classroom furniture dimensions. METHOD In this cross-sectional and descriptive-analyzing study conducted in 2012, a total of 194 students (aged 18 through 30 years), were recruited randomly from Tabriz University of Medical Science community. The body size of each student was assessed u...
متن کاملAssessment of Accommodation of Anthropometric Dimension with Classroom Furniture : systematic review article
Introduction: Mismatch of anthropometric dimensions and classroom furniture such as table, chair and bench can cause musculoskeletal disorder, back pain, neck pain and Fatigue. The purpose of this study is to summarize the results of existing studies on the relationship between students’ anthropometric dimensions and furniture in Iranian schools. Materials and Methods: For finding documenta...
متن کاملErgonomic design of classroom furniture for High School students of Bangladesh
Ensuring the facilitation students comfortable learning activities depends on couple of underlying factors and appropriate school furniture is one of the key factors. Idiosyncratically, the management of these schools could hardly pay attentions on this and have needful measure in practice due to couple of constrains like financial, technical capacities etc. As, students spend their 80% of scho...
متن کاملارزیابی ارگونومیک کلاس آموزش کامپیوتر دانشگاه علوم بهزیستی و توانبخشی
Background: Educational environment is a major factor for teacher and student’s health, comfort and academic performance. Nowadays, technology improvement in classroom environment has exposed the users to ergonomics risk factors. The aim of this study was to assess the ergonomics of computer lab from student and expert’s point of view. Methods: This analytic descriptive cross secti...
متن کاملDevelopment of a furniture system to match student needs in New Zealand schools
New Zealand studies have identified up to 96% mismatch between the dimensions of school furniture and student body size. Poor posture in students using school furniture is considered to contribute to the prevalence of musculoskeletal disorders. This paper describes the development of dynamic furniture designed to be appropriate for the sizes of students in years 1-13 (ages 5-17 years) and condu...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
دوره 24 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1999