Ill Manufactured School Furniture: A Cause of Musculo-skeletal Disorders

The schools years are said to be the formative years of a child, therefore the classroom should be designed in such a manner that it does not impose physical and mental strain on them. A comparative study was undertaken to find out the postural deformity among school children while using furniture present in their school and ergonomically designed furniture. Total 120 children were selected from the Campus School of Pantnagar. Purposive sampling was used for the experimental study and data were gathered by observation through necked eyes as well as through video recording. Subjects were allowed to work on both the furniture. Results showed that postural deformity was minimum while using ergonomically designed furniture as compare to ordinary furniture.