Seated buttock contours: A pilot study of Australian senior high-school students

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1593-1602

  Tuttle, N ^a   Barrett, R ^a   Gass, E ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

School chair design; Seat contour

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; STUDENTS;

BUTTOCK CONTOUR; SCHOOL CHAIR DESIGN; SEAT CONTOUR;

ERGONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BUTTOCK; CHAIR; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PILOT STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BUTTOCKS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; QUEENSLAND; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 35148837108     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701587293     Document Type: Article

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