Analysis of FEUP school furniture´s suitability

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2014

Authors

Luís S. Sousa (Author) Other; Maria Eugénia Pinho (Author) FEUP; Pedro Arezes (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Occupational Safety and Hygiene II

1º Edition

Pages: 487-492

ISBN: 978-1-138-00144-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-315-77352-0

Publisher: CRC Press

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Other engineering and technologies

Other information

DOI: 10.1201/b16490-86

Abstract (EN): Students spend a considerable part of the day sitting down at school, while doing their school work with school furniture that may not match their anthropometric dimensions. This results in some potential anatomical–functional changes and problems. The aim of this study was to assess the level of mismatch between 3school furniture used in the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) and students’ anthropometric dimensions. The sample consisted of 206 volunteer students (131 male, 75 female) with ages ranging from 18 to 35 years from different courses. Six anthropometric measures and 5 school furniture dimensions were collected. For the evaluation of classroom furniture a match criterion was defined. Classroom furniture dimensions in each match criterion and student’s anthropometric characteristics were compared. In this analysis, a significant mismatch between the dimensions of school furniture and students’ anthropometric dimensions was found.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: ISBN 978-1-138-00144-2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b16490-86