title: Anthropometric database for the learning environment of high school and university students.
abstract: This paper presents an anthropometric database of high school and university students from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Forty-one high school participants (21 males and 20 females), 13-17 years old, and 143 university students (74 males and 69 females) took part in the study. Twenty-one static body dimensions were measured. The greatest mean differences in the anthropometric data between male and female high school students were found in the sitting elbow height. In addition, a comparison of anthropometric data of male and female university students showed that data for males and females were significantly different, except for buttock-popliteal length, sitting elbow height and thigh clearance. The primary aim of this study was to develop an anthropometric database that could be used as a primary reference in designing products, devices and equipment for ergonomic learning environments.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Engineering, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. sitizawiahmd@um.edu.my
authors.forename: Siti Zawiah
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Dawal
authors.forename: Hilma Raimona
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Zadry
authors.forename: Sharifah Nadya Syed
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Azmi
authors.forename: Siti Rusyida
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Rohim
authors.forename: Sari Julia
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sartika
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008296:Malaysia; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014495:Universities