Anthropometric measurements for ergonomic design of students’ furniture in India

Sustainable design of a municipal solid waste management system considering waste separators: A real-world application

A review of developing an e-wastes collection system in Dalian, China

Association of individual and work-related risk factors with musculoskeletal symptoms among Iranian sewing machine operators.

Lumbar disc disease

Unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning in Northwest Iran: A 5-year study

Background: Background: Carpet weaving operations usualy involve poor working conditions that can lead to the development of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). This study investigated MSDs among car¬pet weavers in relation to working conditions from workers' view in Tabriz City, Northwest Iran. 
Method: This cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in city of Tabriz, Iran. Data were col¬lected using interviews and questionnaires. The study population consisted of 200 randomly selected healthy weavers from twenty five active carpet weaving workshops.
Results: The results showed a high prevalence of musculoskeletal problems among the study population. The most commonly affected body areas were neck, lower back, ankles/feet, hands/wrists, upper back, shoulders and knees, respectively. More than half of the weavers were not satisfied with the thermal con¬dition, noise level and cleanliness of the air in the workshops. The result indicated a significant relation¬ship between upper back symptoms and daily working time and between lower back symptoms and the numbers of rows of knots woven in a day. Weavers' satisfaction with hand tools shape and thermal condi¬tion of the workshops were associated with lower back symptoms, whereas satisfaction with weaving looms were associated with upper back complaints. 
Conclusion: The poor working condition of hand-woven carpet workshops such as environmental con¬ditions and work station design and tools should be the subject of ergonomics interventions.

https://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/HPP/Manuscript/HPP-2-265.pdf

Working Conditions in Carpet Weaving Workshops and Muscu-loskeletal Complaints among Workers in Tabriz - Iran.

E-waste management challenges in Iran: presenting some strategies for improvement of current conditions.

Background: This study was carried out to investigate the fit between university student's anthropometry and classroom furniture dimensions.Method: In this cross-sectional and descriptive-analyzing study conducted in 2012, a total of 194 students (aged 18 through 30 years), were recruited randomly from Tabriz University of Medical Science community. The body size of each student was assessed using anthropometric measurements including shoulder height, elbow height, popliteal height, buttock-popliteal length, hip breadth and distance between elbows. Combinational equations defined the acceptable furniture dimensions according to anthropometry and match percentages were computed, according to either the existing situations assuming that they could use the most appropriate of the sizes available.Results: Desk and seat height were higher than the accepted limits for most students (92.5% and 98.4%, respectively), while seat depth was appropriate for only 84.6% of students. The data indicate a mismatch between the students’ bodily dimensions and the classroom furniture available to them. The chairs are too high and too deep and desks are also too high for the pupils. This situation may have negative effects on the sitting posture of the students especially when reading and writing. Conclusion: High mismatch percentages were found between furniture and students' anthropometry. The results confirm that furniture for university students should be selected and designed busied on their anthropometric dimensions.

https://hpp.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/HPP-3-165.pdf

Jalil Nazari

Papers

Unintentional carbon monoxide poisoning in Northwest Iran: A 5-year study

Working Conditions in Carpet Weaving Workshops and Muscu-loskeletal Complaints among Workers in Tabriz - Iran.

E-waste management challenges in Iran: presenting some strategies for improvement of current conditions.

Student's Body Dimensions in Relation to Classroom Furniture

Reality about migration of the nucleus pulposus within the intervertebral disc with changing postures.