الوقاية والأرغنوميا
Volume 6, Numéro 2, Pages 45-55
2012-06-01
3. Mismatch Between Classroom Furniture And Students’ Anthropometric Measurements In Uae
Authors : Bendak Salaheddine .
Abstract
School-age children spend five hours every day sitting at school. Any mismatch between their anthropometric measures and classroom furniture dimensions has the potential to cause anatomical and learning problems. In many developing countries, anthropometric measures are rarely available. In these countries, dimensions of school furniture are either based on anthropometric measures from developed countries or are arbitrarily determined. The purpose of this study is to compare students’ anthropometric measures with classroom furniture dimensions in United Arab Emirates. Relevant anthropometric dimensions of a sample of 200 grade 6 students were measured in two large schools in Dubai and Sharjah. Dimensions of furniture used by these students were also measured and compared to their anthropometric measures. Results show that there was a major mismatch between many anthropometric measures and classroom furniture dimensions. Finally, a new set of furniture dimensions for grade 6 classrooms was suggested based on anthropometric dimensions of students.
Keywords
sitting at school, anthropometric measures, classroom furniture
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