Preferred seat orientation of senior high-school students

Ergonomics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1603-1611

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

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

School chairs; School furniture

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SEATS; STUDENTS;

SCHOOL CHAIR; SCHOOL FURNITURE; SEAT ORIENTATION;

ERGONOMICS;

ADJUSTMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHAIR; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PLACE PREFERENCE; SEAT; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; DECISION MAKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POSTURE; QUEENSLAND; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 35148839596     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701584910     Document Type: Article

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