Ergonomics In The Classroom: Furniture Designed to Fit

ERGONOMICS IN THE CLASSROOM furniture designed to fit CLASSROOM ERGONOMICS furniture that FITS • Over 83% of elementary school children sit at chair-desk combinations which are not suitable for their body height. • Most school furniture is out of date and does not conform to minimum orthopedic-physiological requirements. • Elementary school children spend approximately 9 hours sitting per day. TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CHAIR AND DESK DESIGNS Conventional chairs have a rigid seat that inclines backwards and merges into a seating hollow, causing: Tense shoulder, A rounding neck, and back of the back muscles A constriction of the digestive organs The spinal cord to be pressed to one side Lack of blood circulation Horizontal desk tops cause the child's back to become round and their head to bend back as they are working. GOOD ERGONOMIC FURNITURE school school chair desk two suggested designs • Flexichair - changing seat inclination. • Must be suitable • Fit desks sitting on the floor with Rocking mechanism - swivel chair with height adjustment for the child's anthropometric castors data as well as Stand in lectern - a height adjustable their varying work postures working table Needs to allow • Inclined top- approximately for sitting with movement 16°inclination This infographic is based on information found in the University of Manitoba's report: Ergonomics for School Children: Schoolbags, Furniture, Computers, Visual and Auditory www.hertzfurniture.com HERTZFURNITURESYSTEMS The School Furniture Experts ERGONOMICS IN THE CLASSROOM furniture designed to fit CLASSROOM ERGONOMICS furniture that FITS • Over 83% of elementary school children sit at chair-desk combinations which are not suitable for their body height. • Most school furniture is out of date and does not conform to minimum orthopedic-physiological requirements. • Elementary school children spend approximately 9 hours sitting per day. TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CHAIR AND DESK DESIGNS Conventional chairs have a rigid seat that inclines backwards and merges into a seating hollow, causing: Tense shoulder, A rounding neck, and back of the back muscles A constriction of the digestive organs The spinal cord to be pressed to one side Lack of blood circulation Horizontal desk tops cause the child's back to become round and their head to bend back as they are working. GOOD ERGONOMIC FURNITURE school school chair desk two suggested designs • Flexichair - changing seat inclination. • Must be suitable • Fit desks sitting on the floor with Rocking mechanism - swivel chair with height adjustment for the child's anthropometric castors data as well as Stand in lectern - a height adjustable their varying work postures working table Needs to allow • Inclined top- approximately for sitting with movement 16°inclination This infographic is based on information found in the University of Manitoba's report: Ergonomics for School Children: Schoolbags, Furniture, Computers, Visual and Auditory www.hertzfurniture.com HERTZFURNITURESYSTEMS The School Furniture Experts H ERGONOMICS IN THE CLASSROOM furniture designed to fit CLASSROOM ERGONOMICS furniture that FITS • Over 83% of elementary school children sit at chair-desk combinations which are not suitable for their body height. • Most school furniture is out of date and does not conform to minimum orthopedic-physiological requirements. • Elementary school children spend approximately 9 hours sitting per day. TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CHAIR AND DESK DESIGNS Conventional chairs have a rigid seat that inclines backwards and merges into a seating hollow, causing: Tense shoulder, A rounding neck, and back of the back muscles A constriction of the digestive organs The spinal cord to be pressed to one side Lack of blood circulation Horizontal desk tops cause the child's back to become round and their head to bend back as they are working. GOOD ERGONOMIC FURNITURE school school chair desk two suggested designs • Flexichair - changing seat inclination. • Must be suitable • Fit desks sitting on the floor with Rocking mechanism - swivel chair with height adjustment for the child's anthropometric castors data as well as Stand in lectern - a height adjustable their varying work postures working table Needs to allow • Inclined top- approximately for sitting with movement 16°inclination This infographic is based on information found in the University of Manitoba's report: Ergonomics for School Children: Schoolbags, Furniture, Computers, Visual and Auditory www.hertzfurniture.com HERTZFURNITURESYSTEMS The School Furniture Experts H ERGONOMICS IN THE CLASSROOM furniture designed to fit CLASSROOM ERGONOMICS furniture that FITS • Over 83% of elementary school children sit at chair-desk combinations which are not suitable for their body height. • Most school furniture is out of date and does not conform to minimum orthopedic-physiological requirements. • Elementary school children spend approximately 9 hours sitting per day. TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CHAIR AND DESK DESIGNS Conventional chairs have a rigid seat that inclines backwards and merges into a seating hollow, causing: Tense shoulder, A rounding neck, and back of the back muscles A constriction of the digestive organs The spinal cord to be pressed to one side Lack of blood circulation Horizontal desk tops cause the child's back to become round and their head to bend back as they are working. GOOD ERGONOMIC FURNITURE school school chair desk two suggested designs • Flexichair - changing seat inclination. • Must be suitable • Fit desks sitting on the floor with Rocking mechanism - swivel chair with height adjustment for the child's anthropometric castors data as well as Stand in lectern - a height adjustable their varying work postures working table Needs to allow • Inclined top- approximately for sitting with movement 16°inclination This infographic is based on information found in the University of Manitoba's report: Ergonomics for School Children: Schoolbags, Furniture, Computers, Visual and Auditory www.hertzfurniture.com HERTZFURNITURESYSTEMS The School Furniture Experts H ERGONOMICS IN THE CLASSROOM furniture designed to fit CLASSROOM ERGONOMICS furniture that FITS • Over 83% of elementary school children sit at chair-desk combinations which are not suitable for their body height. • Most school furniture is out of date and does not conform to minimum orthopedic-physiological requirements. • Elementary school children spend approximately 9 hours sitting per day. TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CHAIR AND DESK DESIGNS Conventional chairs have a rigid seat that inclines backwards and merges into a seating hollow, causing: Tense shoulder, A rounding neck, and back of the back muscles A constriction of the digestive organs The spinal cord to be pressed to one side Lack of blood circulation Horizontal desk tops cause the child's back to become round and their head to bend back as they are working. GOOD ERGONOMIC FURNITURE school school chair desk two suggested designs • Flexichair - changing seat inclination. • Must be suitable • Fit desks sitting on the floor with Rocking mechanism - swivel chair with height adjustment for the child's anthropometric castors data as well as Stand in lectern - a height adjustable their varying work postures working table Needs to allow • Inclined top- approximately for sitting with movement 16°inclination This infographic is based on information found in the University of Manitoba's report: Ergonomics for School Children: Schoolbags, Furniture, Computers, Visual and Auditory www.hertzfurniture.com HERTZFURNITURESYSTEMS The School Furniture Experts H ERGONOMICS IN THE CLASSROOM furniture designed to fit CLASSROOM ERGONOMICS furniture that FITS • Over 83% of elementary school children sit at chair-desk combinations which are not suitable for their body height. • Most school furniture is out of date and does not conform to minimum orthopedic-physiological requirements. • Elementary school children spend approximately 9 hours sitting per day. TRADITIONAL SCHOOL CHAIR AND DESK DESIGNS Conventional chairs have a rigid seat that inclines backwards and merges into a seating hollow, causing: Tense shoulder, A rounding neck, and back of the back muscles A constriction of the digestive organs The spinal cord to be pressed to one side Lack of blood circulation Horizontal desk tops cause the child's back to become round and their head to bend back as they are working. GOOD ERGONOMIC FURNITURE school school chair desk two suggested designs • Flexichair - changing seat inclination. • Must be suitable • Fit desks sitting on the floor with Rocking mechanism - swivel chair with height adjustment for the child's anthropometric castors data as well as Stand in lectern - a height adjustable their varying work postures working table Needs to allow • Inclined top- approximately for sitting with movement 16°inclination This infographic is based on information found in the University of Manitoba's report: Ergonomics for School Children: Schoolbags, Furniture, Computers, Visual and Auditory www.hertzfurniture.com HERTZFURNITURESYSTEMS The School Furniture Experts H