Match between UMP furniture dimension and student's anthropometry

Ergonomic issue is one of the important issues not only in workstation but also in educational institution since it is related to the human. Chair is one of furniture that is used widely in our daily life in purpose of sitting. Having a match chair that applied ergonomic is an important aspect to lo...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wahidah, Haron
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2346/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2346/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2346/1/WAHIDAH_BINTI_HARON.PDF
id ump-2346
recordtype eprints
spelling ump-23462015-03-03T07:56:04Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2346/ Match between UMP furniture dimension and student's anthropometry Wahidah, Haron TS Manufactures Ergonomic issue is one of the important issues not only in workstation but also in educational institution since it is related to the human. Chair is one of furniture that is used widely in our daily life in purpose of sitting. Having a match chair that applied ergonomic is an important aspect to look at to avoid bad effect such as back pain and should provide comfortness and safety to the user. This project is conducted to determine whether the UMP chair in the student hostel match with the students' anthropometry or not. The seat height and seat depth of the chair is measured and the student popliteal height and buttock-popliteal length is analyzed. From the analysis, it can be concluded that the chair in student hostel did not match with the student. As a solution, an adjustable chair which applied ergonomic is designed to match the UMP students' anthropometry to optimize safety, comfort and prevent back pain. 2007-11 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2346/1/WAHIDAH_BINTI_HARON.PDF Wahidah, Haron (2007) Match between UMP furniture dimension and student's anthropometry. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:30934&theme=UMP2
repository_type Digital Repository
institution_category Local University
institution Universiti Malaysia Pahang
building UMP Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
language English
topic TS Manufactures
spellingShingle TS Manufactures
Wahidah, Haron
Match between UMP furniture dimension and student's anthropometry
description Ergonomic issue is one of the important issues not only in workstation but also in educational institution since it is related to the human. Chair is one of furniture that is used widely in our daily life in purpose of sitting. Having a match chair that applied ergonomic is an important aspect to look at to avoid bad effect such as back pain and should provide comfortness and safety to the user. This project is conducted to determine whether the UMP chair in the student hostel match with the students' anthropometry or not. The seat height and seat depth of the chair is measured and the student popliteal height and buttock-popliteal length is analyzed. From the analysis, it can be concluded that the chair in student hostel did not match with the student. As a solution, an adjustable chair which applied ergonomic is designed to match the UMP students' anthropometry to optimize safety, comfort and prevent back pain.
format Undergraduates Project Papers
author Wahidah, Haron
author_facet Wahidah, Haron
author_sort Wahidah, Haron
title Match between UMP furniture dimension and student's anthropometry
title_short Match between UMP furniture dimension and student's anthropometry
title_full Match between UMP furniture dimension and student's anthropometry
title_fullStr Match between UMP furniture dimension and student's anthropometry
title_full_unstemmed Match between UMP furniture dimension and student's anthropometry
title_sort match between ump furniture dimension and student's anthropometry
publishDate 2007
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2346/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2346/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/2346/1/WAHIDAH_BINTI_HARON.PDF
first_indexed 2023-09-18T21:56:04Z
last_indexed 2023-09-18T21:56:04Z
_version_ 1777414087155646464