Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.
Research Centre on Industrial and Technology Management, School of Engineering, University of Minho, 4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal.
Appl Ergon. 2014 Jul;45(4):1123-32. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2014.01.012. Epub 2014 Feb 18.
The mismatch between students and school furniture is likely to result in a number of negative effects, such as uncomfortable body posture, pain, and ultimately, it may also affect the learning process. This study's main aim is to review the literature describing the criteria equations for defining the mismatch between students and school furniture, to apply these equations to a specific sample and, based on the results, to propose a methodology to evaluate school furniture suitability. The literature review comprises one publications database, which was used to identify the studies carried out in the field of the abovementioned mismatch. The sample used for testing the different equations was composed of 2261 volunteer subjects from 14 schools. Fifteen studies were found to meet the criteria of this review and 21 equations to test 6 furniture dimensions were identified. Regarding seat height, there are considerable differences between the two most frequently used equations. Although seat to desk clearance was evaluated by knee height, this condition seems to be based on the false assumption that students are sitting on a chair with a proper seat height. Finally, the proposed methodology for suitability evaluation of school furniture should allow for a more reliable analysis of school furniture.
学生和学校家具不匹配可能会导致许多负面影响，例如身体姿势不舒服、疼痛，最终还可能影响学习过程。本研究的主要目的是回顾描述学生和学校家具不匹配的标准方程的文献，将这些方程应用于特定样本，并根据结果提出评估学校家具适用性的方法。文献综述包括一个出版物数据库，用于确定在上述不匹配领域进行的研究。用于测试不同方程的样本由来自 14 所学校的 2261 名志愿者组成。发现有 15 项研究符合本综述的标准，并确定了 21 个用于测试 6 个家具尺寸的方程。关于座椅高度，两个最常用的方程之间存在相当大的差异。尽管座椅到桌面的净空高度是根据膝盖高度来评估的，但这种情况似乎基于学生坐在具有适当座椅高度的椅子上的错误假设。最后，建议的学校家具适用性评估方法应该能够更可靠地分析学校家具。
