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Ergonomics measurements of body schoolchildren

Strokina A.N., Butareva I.I.

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Anuchin Research Institute and Museum of Anthropology, Mokhovaya st., 11, Moscow, 125009, Russia

Strokina A.N., e-mail: strokin-vit@mail.ru; Butareva I.I., e-mail: irivbut@mail.ru

Abstract

The article presents the children’s body size, intended for the construction of facilities and activities for communities associated with their use of spaces. Such data in ergonomics and, in particular, in school health in our country are not available. The article shows the ergonomic body size of children – results anthropometric survey of school children 7–11 years, students of South and Central districts of Moscow. 33 measurements on each child in standing (body length, vertical reach of the hands, arm span, arm span, bent at the elbows, the front horizontal reach of hands, eye height above the floor, height 3 phalanx point above ground level the elbow above the floor) and sitting (vertical reach of hands, the height of the apical point of the seat, the height of the apical point of the seat, the height of eye above the seat, the height of the shoulder slope above the seat, the height of the elbow over the seat, thigh height above the seat, the height of the waist above the seat, the height of the knee off the floor, the height above the floor of the popliteal fossa, the back seat – the outer corner of the eye, the back seat – the front surface of the body, seat back 3 point phalanx, the back seat – knee, back seat - popliteal angle, elbow – 3 phalanx point bideltoidny diameter, maximum width of the pelvis, the largest diameter of the ulna), as well as the size of the foot and hand. The measurement results can be used for calculating the parameters of school ergonomic furniture, i.e. those elements of the student’s workplace, which in the classroom immediately and over time have an impact on him (desks, backpacks, books, and working spaces and so on). The data obtained to fill a gap in the design of school furniture for primary schools and to identify a way forward to ensure a comfortable furnishings and high school curriculum.

Keywords

anthropology, ergonomics of children, schoolchildren measurements, percentiles, school ergonomic furniture

Цит.: Strokina A.N., Butareva I.I. Ergonomics measurements of body schoolchildren // Moscow University Anthropology Bulletin (Vestnik Moskovskogo Universiteta. Seria XXIII. Antropologia), 2014; 1/2014; с. 30-44