A student-centred design approach for reducing musculoskeletal disorders in India through Six Sigma methodology with ergonomics concatenation’

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dc.contributor.authorTaifa, Ismail W.R.
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-31T06:26:54Z
dc.date.available2023-01-31T06:26:54Z
dc.date.issued2022-03
dc.descriptionHighlights • Students are prone to classroom-related musculoskeletal disorders (CMSDs). • CMSDs are due to the prolonged usage of poorly designed colleges’ furniture. • Integrating lean, ergonomics, and Six Sigma methodology eliminate the CMSDs. • Two ergonomically designed students’ desks considered students’ requirements. • The design process also considered anthropometric measurements and OHS awareness.en_US
dc.description.abstractClassroom-related musculoskeletal disorders (CMSDs) rates in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are increasing despite the ever-collective interest in occupational health and safety (OHS) and succeeding developments over time. To explore the problem (i.e., OHS) with its proposed solutions, this study integrated the Six Sigma methodology with ergonomics principles to eliminate the CMSDs. Participants were 478 students from India as a country amongst the LMICs. The age range, mean, and standard deviation were 17–37, 20.28, and 2.348 for male students and 17–26, 19.57, and 2.163 for female students, respectively (units in years). The study found that students are prone to high risks of getting CMSDs due to prolonged usage of poorly designed furniture. The CMSDs results are as follows: fatigue joint and muscle pain (71%), shoulder and neck tension (70%), headache (63%), neck pain (53%), back pain (51%), legs’ joints pain (46%), shoulders and muscles pain (42%), elbow pain (42%), sleeplessness (insomnia) (40%) and hand pain (39%). The proposed solutions include the two ergonomically designed students’ desks; students’ requirements and anthropometric measurements consideration; occupational health and safety workshops and/or seminars preparation; administration interventions; behavioural (personal) interventions, and other engineering interventions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTaifa, I.W.R. (2022) ‘A student-centred design approach for reducing musculoskeletal disorders in India through Six Sigma methodology with ergonomics concatenation’, Safety Science, 147, pp. 1–16.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2021.105579
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5941
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.subjectErgonomicsen_US
dc.subjectMusculoskeletal disordersen_US
dc.subjectOccupational health and safetyen_US
dc.subjectSix Sigma methodologyen_US
dc.subjectAdjustable classroom furnitureen_US
dc.subjectAnthropometric measurementsen_US
dc.titleA student-centred design approach for reducing musculoskeletal disorders in India through Six Sigma methodology with ergonomics concatenation’en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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