indian anthropometric dimensions for ergonomic design practice pdf

Indian Council of Medical Research (1989). An ergonomic appraisal of educational desks. Match between school furniture dimensions and children's anthropometry. Anthropometric Atlas, Recommendations on Methods. Proceedings of National Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment, National Institute of Industrial Engineering, April, Mumbai.Įrmakova, S. Role of free postural adoption on performance and informal workplace design. Taylor & Francis, London, 21-29.ĭas, A., & Chakrabarti, D. The ergonomics of working postures: models, methods and cases. Proceedings of National Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment, National Institute of Industrial Engineering.Ĭorlett, N., Wilson, J., & Manenica, I. Mismatch between classroom furniture dimensions and student anthropometric characteristics: A study of schools of Pantnagar. Proceedings of National Conference on Humanizing Work and Work Environment, National Institute of Industrial Engineering.Ĭhaudhary, N., Sharma, D., Grover, R. Design development of a new seat-desk unit suitable for Indian school children. Indian anthropometric dimensions for ergonomic design practice, National Institute of Design.Ĭhakrabarti, D. Mismatch between classroom furniture and anthropometric measures in Chilean schools. Nigerian Journal of Industrial and System Studies (NJISS), 3(1), 24-30.Ĭastellucci, H. Ergonomic evaluation of furniture in higher institution in Nigeria, A case study of FUTA. Therefore, in the present investigation, all the students have been divided into three combined age groups, e.g., 12-13 years, 14-15 years, and 16-17 years, and the percentile values (5th, 50th and 95th) of anthropometric measures, which will be helpful for designing of the classroom furniture.Īdejuyigbe, S.B & Ali, D.M. If single furniture is designed by considering dimensions of the children from 12 years to 17years, it will also not suit the children of all age groups. Therefore, it can be said that the design of furniture for the children of 12 years will not match the children of 17 years. But the said differences become much higher (16.2% to 42.4%) when the same were compared between the children of 12 years and 17 years.

Moreover, there exists a little difference between mean values of different anthropometric dimensions between the boys of 12-13 years (2.9% to 8.8%), 14-15 years (1.3% to 9.9%), and 16-17 years (1.4% to 5.5%). It was observed from the results that all anthropometric dimensions of the school children increase with their age. Different anthropometric data were collected from these boys. Abstract: This study was carried out on 621 schoolboys with age range of 12-17 years in Junior and Senior Secondary Schools in Odeda area of Odeda local government in Ogun State, Nigeria.

Indian anthropometric dimensions for ergonomic design practice pdf