ANTHROPOMETRIC POSITIONAL DIMENSIONS OF DENPASAR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN 2016

Abstract

Ergonomic aspects, especially anthropometric measures, are essential factors indesigning a workstation. The most facilities in junior high schools often remain unchanged or not adjusted for new students. Those facilities include tables, chairs, boards, etc. The study aims to know about anthropometric dimensions of students in junior high schools in Denpasar in 2016. The research is descriptive (anthropometric survey) involving junior high school students amounting to 901 at ten junior high schools in Denpasar as a sample determined by random cluster sampling. These 901 volunteered test subjects are divided into 480 male and 421 female students. Among 15-dimensional indicators in a standing position, only 3 dimensions did not show significant results between the two genders, namely lower leg length, chest circumference and buttocks circumference. In a sitting position, among 21 dimension indicators, only 7 dimensions did not show significant results between the two genders. Anthropometric measurements of junior high school students in Denpasar had significantly different results in the sitting and standing dimensions for both genders.