Children’s anthropometric measures vary widely
across different age groups, within the same age groups,
between genders and between different cultures (Jeong
and Park, 1990). Children’s dimensions vary not only
between the different classes but also within the same
class. Thus, it is unlikely that school furniture with fixed
dimensions would be able to be compatible with the
majority of students. The need for adjustability in
school furniture, in order to accommodate the variation
in anthropometric measures is supported by the work of
Evans et al. (1988), Jeong and Park (1990) and Parcells
et al. (1999