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dc.contributor.authorTuttle, N
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, R
dc.contributor.authorGass, E
dc.contributor.editorRoger Halsam
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:26:59Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:26:59Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.date.modified2008-09-25T01:12:38Z
dc.identifier.issn0014-0139
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/16481
dc.description.abstractBoth posture and comfort of a chair are influenced by the contour and characteristics of the seat. Knowledge of seat contours of a student population could thus be useful in the design of school chairs. This study investigated seated buttock contours of senior high school students in order to determine: i) their general characteristics, ii) the effect of gender and sitting posture, and iii) the relationship between the contours and selected anthropometric variables (stature and mass). A contour measurement device was developed and used to measure buttock contours in five sitting postures (typing, sitting up, sitting back, slumping and writing). Buttock contours were quantified by constructing anterior-posterior (AP) and lateral profiles from which six discrete profile dimension measurements were made. AP and lateral profiles were found to have a consistent shape across all participants. Five out of six profile dimensions were significantly different between genders, with just one significantly different between sitting postures (typing and sitting back). Correlations between anthropometric measures and profile dimensions were relatively low (r < 0.34) with no clear patterns evident. Overall results of this study suggest that buttock contours are influenced by gender to a greater extent than sitting posture.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.publisher.placeLondon, UK
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00140139.asp
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1593
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1602
dc.relation.ispartofissue10
dc.relation.ispartofjournalErgonomics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume50
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDesign
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3303
dc.titleSeated buttock contours: a pilot study of Australian senior high-school students
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2007 Taylor & Francis. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2007
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorBarrett, Rod


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