Effects of changed body dimensions
The effects of changed body dimensions by pregnancy
with regard to the likelihood of fit problems between
the pregnant abdomen and the working surface were
assessed, at a workplace layout in accordance with
common guidelines. To this end, the height of the
abdomen was compared with the guideline height of
the working surface, and the effects of the enlarged
abdomen for working at the normal working area were
evaluated. Next, the validity of the assumptions of
the guidelines were examined for the condition of
pregnancy. Two guidelines from literature were used in
this evaluation.
Working surface height: guideline of Grandjean (1980).
This guideline was chosen between it is often referred
to and used. For manual work, the working surface
height should be 10-15 cm under elbow height.