SCIENTIFIC SUBSTANTIATION OF HYGIENIC ASSESSMENT METHOD OF CONFORMITY OF SCHOOLCHILDREN’S FURNITURE TO THEIR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
The article presents the results of the analysis match between school furniture dimensions and children’s anthropometry when organizing workplaces in accordance with the indicators “popliteal height” (option 1) and “stature” (option 2), the results of psychophysiological testing of students in various organizing workplaces options, as well as the results of questionnaires on subjective assessment of school furniture. The study involved 400 primary school students of the Republic of Belarus. The results have showed the higher level of correspondence of furniture to body sizes, better indicators of simple visual-motor and coordination tests, a lower prevalence of complaints about workplace discomfort when selecting furniture in accordance with the value of the indicator “popliteal height”.