Anthropometric measurements among four Asian countries in designing sitting and standing workstations
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
An anthropometric database for sitting and standing dimensions for Malaysian operators was developed based on the measurements from 146 male and 168 female participants (18–45 years old). The anthropometric data were subsequently compared to those from three selected Asian countries, focussing on the sitting and standing posture dimensions. Thirty-six anthropometric dimensions were selected for comparison based on common availability among the four countries. The results indicated that the Indonesians were the tallest (male: 172 cm, female: 159 cm) among the four countries, whereas the Filipinos were the shortest for both male and female (male: 167 cm, female: 153.9 cm). Filipinos and Malaysian data were almost similar and appear to have the smallest values for eye height (male: 155 cm, female: 143 cm) and elbow height (male: 104 cm, female: 96 cm). The knowledge of variations in the population is useful in designing sound workstations and facilities for the betterment of the industrial environment.
Keywords
Anthropometric, Asian, design, sitting, standing, workstation
Divisions
fac_eng
Funders
University of Malaya under the Equitable Society Research Cluster (ESRC) research Grant RP027A-15SBS,Postgraduate Research Grant (PPP) Grant No. PG1162016A
Publication Title
Sadhana
Volume
43
Issue
1
Publisher
Springer