Design of Ergonomically Fit Classroom Furniture for Primary Schools of Bangladesh

Table 5

Guidelines for designing criteria.

Furniture dimension	Design dimension (cm)	Criteria determinant
Seat height	32.70 to 40.66	[5th percentile (girls) of popliteal height +25 mm (shoes clearance)] to [95th percentile (boys) of popliteal height +25 mm (shoes clearance)]
Seat width	32.13	95th percentile (girls) of hip breadth
Seat depth	29.20	5th percentile (girls) of buttock popliteal length
Desktop height	20.20 to 21.81	5th percentile (girls) to 95th percentile (boys) of elbow rest height
Desk clearance	20.00	As per existing furniture