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School furniture ergonomic assessment via simplified measurements and regression models |
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| Creator | 1. Thidarat Wutthisrisatienkul 2. Sutanit Puttapanom |
| Title | School furniture ergonomic assessment via simplified measurements and regression models |
| Publisher | Research and Development Office, Prince of Songkla University |
| Publication Year | 2562 |
| Journal Title | Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology |
| Journal Vol. | 41 |
| Journal No. | 1 |
| Page no. | 89-95 |
| Keyword | school furniture, ergonomics, simple linear regression, anthropometric measurements, furniture mismatch |
| URL Website | http://rdo.psu.ac.th/sjstweb/index.php |
| ISSN | 0125-3395 |
| Abstract | The anthropometric measurements needed for school furniture assessment can be difficult, time-consuming, and expensive to obtain. However, assessment can be important since sitting in the wrong position too long on inappropriate school furniture may lead to negative health effects in both the short- and long-term. Therefore, this paper proposes a relatively simple methodology to evaluate school furniture suitability using only height and weight measurements and simple linear regression models for the relevant anthropometric values. The models were used to examine possible incompatibility between student body dimensions and the dimensions of school furniture. The results obtained by the proposed method were confirmed by repeating the furniture assessment using actual anthropometry data from the population which yielded mis-match differences of 8% or less. |
