Ergonomics And Anthropometrics Of A Chair
If a chair has a recline angle of 20degrees the stress of the spinal discs becomes reduced by up to 40.
Ergonomics and anthropometrics of a chair. Ergonomics 4 schools provided by the ergonomics society the uk organisation for professionals using information about people to design for comfort efficiency and safety. People on the edges of the normal distribution curve for any dimension may not be well served by work chairs designed for people at the center of the curve. Anthropometrics is the study of the human body and its movement especially in terms of its measurements but ergonomics is the scientific discipline that involves designing products and environments to match the individuals who use them. Final design along with analysis.
How many hours a day do you sit down. Health survey ergonomic assessment was carried out to know the health status of all students who have been using poorly designed furniture. After data collection and analysis authors came up with exhaustive dimensions for designing adjustable. Anthropometric study we were asked to collect and record the dimensional data from each member of our group necessary to our design product which was used for our design to cater for a variety of seating types.
Ideally a work chair should provide the personal fit of a shirt or a pair of pants. This paper presents anthropometric measurements regarding engineering students in india. Sitting is the most frequent body posture. Furniture designers should have a library of texts or software on this data intensive subject.
People shouldn t be required to wear chairs that are too big or too small. We sit at work at school in the car on the bus on the train at home in front of tv to eat to rest and so on. The study of people and their relationship with the environment around them. Ergonomics is mainly concerned with working out measurements in order to improve the design of products.
You are probably. Measurements of the hand are used to design the shape and size of a handle this is ergonomics. Improperly fitted chairs can cause discomfort and contribute to health problems. Tuesday 28th october 2014.
The data were measured with the help of various tools. When designing a chair one of the most important factors is comfort. People vary widely in all their dimensions. Ergonomics and anthropometrics considerations in the design of office chair for workers in kumasi technical university in ghana article pdf available may 2018 with 1 323 reads how we measure.
Office ergonomics chair setup and usage. These all contribute to the ergonomics or anthropometrics of a design. When anthropometric data measurements statistics is applied to a product e g. The design ideal is to provide for adjustability and use anthropometric data to determine the upper and lower limits for the range of adjustments e g for workstation chairs.