School furniture and the user population: An anthropometric perspective

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 416-426

  Milanese, Steve ^a   Grimmer, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent spinal symptoms; Anthropometry; School furniture

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

SPINAL SYMPTOMS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADOLESCENCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CALCULATION; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FURNITURE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE DISEASE; STANDARD; STUDENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; POSTURE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 1142263241     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0014013032000157841     Document Type: Article

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