Overburdening of pupils with inappropriate classroom furniture in the first triad of elementary school

Namen raziskave je bil ugotavljanje telesne obremenjenosti učencev v prvem vzgojno-izobraževalnem obdobju. Zanimala so nas neujemanja med antropometrijskimi merami učencev in merami šolskega pohištva ter pojavljanje bolečin v vratnem in hrbtnem delu učencev. V raziskavo je bilo zajetih 100 slovenskih učencev od 1. do 3. razreda osnovne šole (48 učenk in 52 učencev). Izmerjene so bile antropometrijske mere učencev: kolenska višina, telesna višina, poplitealna višina in kavdalna dolžina stegna, ki smo jih primerjali z višino stolov in miz, ki so jih učenci uporabljali. Raziskava je pokazala, da do neujemanj med antropometrijskimi merami učencev sicer pride, vendar pa še učenci v prvem vzgojno-izobraževalnem obdobju osnovne šole niso tako telesno obremenjeni kot kasneje v osnovni in srednji šoli.The purpose of the study was to determine if there is any physical overburdening of pupils in the first three years of elementary school. We were interested in the mismatch between their body dimensions and the dimensions of school furniture, which could overburden pupils with neck and lower back pain. A total of 100 pupils from Slovenia (1st to 3rd grades of elementary school) participated in this research (52 male and 48 female). The following body dimensions were measured: knee height, stature, popliteal height and buttock-popliteal length. These were then compared to the dimensions of school furniture. Our research shows that there is frequently a mismatch between pupils body dimensions and the dimensions of school furniture in the first three years of elementary school, but the pupils are not yet physically overburdened by it. Physical overburdening appears later in elementary school and high school