University classrooms and students' compatibility.

• Tipo: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Luís S. Sousa (Autor) Outra; Maria Eugénia Pinho (Autor) FEUP; Pedro Arezes (Autor) Outra; Joaquim Góis (Autor) FEUP

Ata de Conferência Internacional

Título: AHFE 2014

Páginas: 1055-1066

5th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics AHFE 2014

Kraków, Poland, 19-23 July 2014

Indexação

Scopus

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Outras ciências da engenharia e tecnologias

Outras Informações

Abstract (EN): chairs and 4 tables) available in the classrooms of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP). 206 students (131 males and 75 females) from different courses, with ages ranging from 18 to 35 years old, were meas-ured by using both a stationary and a portable anthropometer. A set of 14 static anthropometric dimensions were collected. This enabled the creation of the anthropometric database of the faculty’s student population. Students’ majority (69.9%) reported feeling discomfort while using the classroom furniture. The interpretation of the obtained factor plans highlights not only a difference between genders, but also differences regarding the importance of anth-ropometric variables in the explanation of the perceived comfort. The results show that most of the chairs are in-compatible with users’ characteristics, being noticeable a significant difference between fixed and adjustable type chairs. Likewise, when used with the chairs, tables also revealed significant incompatibilities. This study seems to indicate that classroom furniture is usually selected and acquired without due previous ergonomic concern, which often results in its inadequacy and mismatch with the end users anthropometric characteristics.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Notas: In Advances in Ergonomics In Design, Usability & Special Populations (Part I) (Vol. 16) Edited by T. Ahram, W. Karwowski & T. Marek ISBN 978-1-4951-1572-1