Proportion of elementary school pupils’ anthropometric characteristics with dimensions of classroom furniture in Isfahan, Iran

BACKGROUND: This study is aimed to examine the appropriacy of school furniture to Iranian pupils′ anthropometric features. METHODS: The participants in this cross-sectional study were 493 boys and 489 girls with the age-range of 7 to 12 years who were selected through a multistage random cluster sam...

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Autores principales: Habibi, Ehsanollah, Asaadi, Zahra, Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3063434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21448391
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description BACKGROUND: This study is aimed to examine the appropriacy of school furniture to Iranian pupils′ anthropometric features. METHODS: The participants in this cross-sectional study were 493 boys and 489 girls with the age-range of 7 to 12 years who were selected through a multistage random cluster sampling procedure. Age, weight, height, and anthropometric dimensions were determined. RESULTS: This study indicates that there is a significant difference between the minimum and maximum acceptable dimensions and those of the available furniture (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In designing suitable furniture for pupils the anthropometric differences of age and gender must be taken into account.
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spelling pubmed-30634342011-03-28 Proportion of elementary school pupils’ anthropometric characteristics with dimensions of classroom furniture in Isfahan, Iran Habibi, Ehsanollah Asaadi, Zahra Hosseini, Seyed Mohsen J Res Med Sci Short Communication BACKGROUND: This study is aimed to examine the appropriacy of school furniture to Iranian pupils′ anthropometric features. METHODS: The participants in this cross-sectional study were 493 boys and 489 girls with the age-range of 7 to 12 years who were selected through a multistage random cluster sampling procedure. Age, weight, height, and anthropometric dimensions were determined. RESULTS: This study indicates that there is a significant difference between the minimum and maximum acceptable dimensions and those of the available furniture (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In designing suitable furniture for pupils the anthropometric differences of age and gender must be taken into account. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3063434/ /pubmed/21448391 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Asaadi, Zahra
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title_fullStr Proportion of elementary school pupils’ anthropometric characteristics with dimensions of classroom furniture in Isfahan, Iran
title_full_unstemmed Proportion of elementary school pupils’ anthropometric characteristics with dimensions of classroom furniture in Isfahan, Iran
title_short Proportion of elementary school pupils’ anthropometric characteristics with dimensions of classroom furniture in Isfahan, Iran
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3063434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21448391
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