Study of the Furniture Used for Students in a Peruvian University

Corrales C.; Atoche W.; Rojas J. · Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (2020) · DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-51549-2_45

Resumen

The furniture used by students in schools and universities is usually purchased in average dimensions so that all male and female students, small and large, use them without distinction. It is very difficult to find furniture that fits the dimensions of each individual and it is common to work with molds or patterns that come from other countries. The purpose of this study was to determine the percentage of the university population that cannot use comfortably said furniture, for which tables and chairs recently bought in a new classroom building of a Peruvian university were taken into account. For this, and in order not to use anthropometers, a methodology was proposed that allows students to find the dimensions based on their height. Additionally, the weight of the same students is taken into account, that is, with only two variables, very easy to determine, a more complex study can be done. The most significant result is that a percentage close to 40% of students, have difficulty sitting and using the tables in the classrooms, so their health could be at risk, due to the large number of hours they can spend using the chairs and tables in their classrooms. The results can be used as a basis to have anthropometric data of the students of this university and also to be able to determine the dimensions of furniture, instruments, machines to be used by them.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú