ERGONOMICALLY DESIGN SITTING ARRANGEMENT FOR SCHOOL CHILDRENUSING ANTHROPOMETRICS

摘要

The purpose of this study was to compare anthropometric data of school children with the dimension of furniture in the school and determine whether this type of furniture is well-designed and promotes good sitting posture at school by taking into account the dimensions of the children Combinational equations defined the acceptable furniture dimensions according to anthropometrics and match percentages were computed, according to either the existing situation where children use the size assigned for their grade or assuming that they could use the most appropriate of the sizes available.