The Determination of the Static Anthropometric Characteristics for the Computer Users from the Monitoring Room of one of the Industries in the Mazandaran Province for Designing an Ergonomic Chair

Corresponding Author Mohammad Amin Mououdi Faculty member, School of Public Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran Tel: 09113111931 Email: Mououdi2006@yahoo.com Background: Sitting for long periods of time is a part of the illness, which can happen in the workplace and the lack of attention to the ergonomic principles causes musculoskeletal disorders such as backache, pelvic ache, shoulder ache, elbow ache, arm ache, wrist and ankle ache, and muscle aches in the other parts of the body. The present research was carried out according to the ergonomic principles and designs, in order to design an ergonomic chair, suitable for the computer users in the monitoring room of one of the industries in the Mazandaran province.