Recomendações para adequação antropométrica de mobiliário residencial em madeira maciça na cidade de Manaus

Abstract

The present research aims to verify unadjusted wood residential tables and chairs anthropometric adaptation produced and commercialized in Manaus city, searching to contribute for the quality improvement of these products by the appropriate sizing considering the body segments dimensions for the local population. For this was realized bibliographic research to identify standards and scientific publications related for furniture sizing for Brazilian population, was realized also a quantitative-descriptive for hypothesis testing research aided for a form data collection application in the furniture factories mapped, allowing to collect information s about the dimensions used by the joiners in the furniture production, their knowledge about the use of the correct dimensions and the injuries that the incorrect use of these could result for people health. The data collected were analyzed with descriptive (mean, standard deviation, variance) and inferential (Student t test) statistical procedures, trying to verify if the dimensions collected in the furniture produced in the local furniture factories presented significant differences when related with the dimensions recommended in the generated tables, generated in this study. The tests results showed that the joiners doesn t uses the dimensions considered recommended for local population, neither were based on authors or scientifically publications in ergonomics area for residential wood chairs and tables.