Relationship between school’s anthropometric measures and classroom furniture dimensions in elementary school
Objective: To evaluate the dimensions of school furnishings used by students from 1st grade to 6th grade in a state elementary school and to compare them to the anthropometric variables of these users. Methods: Participated in the study 196 students, 45.9% of them were males. The students’ body weig...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Conscientiae Saúde (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.uninove.br:article/2575 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.uninove.br/saude/article/view/2575 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Anthropometry Students Human engineering. Antropometria Estudantes Ergonomia. |
| Sumario: | Objective: To evaluate the dimensions of school furnishings used by students from 1st grade to 6th grade in a state elementary school and to compare them to the anthropometric variables of these users. Methods: Participated in the study 196 students, 45.9% of them were males. The students’ body weight, height, chest width and pelvis width, as well as their popliteal height and buttock-popliteal distance were measured. Those measures were compared to the dimensions of the school furniture (height, width and depth of the seat, width of the backrest, backrest-seat inclination and desk height) and those specified in NBR 14006 of ABNT (Brazilian Technical Standards Association). Results: The width only measures of the seat and the backrest were found to be adequate for the measures of the students. Conclusion: The evaluated furniture dimensions, such as height and depth of the seat and backrest-seat inclination were found to be inadequate for the anthropometric measures of the students, and the furniture evaluated did not present all dimensions recommended by NBR 14006. |
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