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This study is a part of an ongoing project aiming to evaluate the existing design of the classroom desk used in the basic education stage in Benghazi schools. This study represents the fourth phase of the project covering the eighth and the ninth grades. Anthropometric data was gathered for a total of 139 students of the eighth and ninth grades from several schools in Benghazi. The evaluation procedure involves the utilization of several equations relating body dimensions to desk dimensions. Each equation computes an acceptable range for each desk dimension based on the associated body dimension. Each desk dimension is compared to the range computed for the related body dimension for each student and percentages of matches/mismatches are determined accordingly. Results of the evaluation revealed relatively high percentages of mismatches between several desk dimensions and students’ anthropometry.
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Altaboli, A., Nawras, N., Mahdi, A., Alzardomi, H., Alyseri, M., Alkendi, M. (2018). Anthropometric Evaluation of the Design of the Classroom Desk for the Eighth and the Ninth Grades of Benghazi Schools. In: Goonetilleke, R., Karwowski, W. (eds) Advances in Physical Ergonomics and Human Factors. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 602. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60825-9_6
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