Influence of furniture on children’s educational performance and health

Children are the future. Prominent role in determining children’s future is played by pre-
school and primary school.
Schooling is the first time the child spends away from home and it plays a major role in
psychological development both in a positive and negative way. Students performance is
influenced by environment, teachers and peers. Environment involves infrastructure
provided by school.
In an average school provide a desk and chair with no proper arm rest and back rest. This is
important because children spend 93% of time in static sitting position. This ergonomically
lacking furniture results in postural problems which continues into their adulthood causing
musculoskeletal disorders which in turn reduces their concentration.
The various factors that influence Musculo skeletal disorders are posture, furniture,
Computer use, pain reporting and vision. This disorders in children are completely ignored
which has an impact throughout their life both psychologically and physically.
It is a general opinion that lower back pain does not affect children. Studies show that lower
back pain starts very young. Since children are flexible and active it is unnoticed.
But this phenomenon stays with them and becomes more pronounced in adulthood. Studies
shows that Lower back pain is more prevalent in females than male and it was also found
that because of generic unsuitable furniture girls tend to develop uneven shoulders and
boys develop forward head posture.
Two aspects that has to be addressed for better psychological and physical health are
transformation of skeletal shape and postural behavior.
Because of fast food lifestyle children tend to grow bigger and taller than the previous
generation. growth is mainly seen in arms and legs.