| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Description | File of papers and articles relating to seating postures and back pain, in particular the work of Dr Aage Chresten Mandal (a senior surgeon at the Finsen Institute in Copenhagen),comprising:
A Mandal school desk information pamphlet
Article entitled 'The Correct Height of School Furniture' by A.C. Mandal, n.d.
Danish furniture information leaflet, 1991
Newspaper cuttings on 'Comfort at Work' (1993), 'Low Desks Endanger Pupils' (1993) etc.
Correspondence between David Medd and the BSI regarding school furniture with an article entitled 'The Slipped Disc', CSM, 1981
Tables showing chair heights and child statistics
Various correspondence, newspaper cuttings and articles including an article by David Medd on 'Can School Furniture Damage the Health?' (Education, 1 Jun 1979; an article on 'Do You Sincerely Want Your Child to Be Crippled?' (Cabinet Maker and Retail Furnisher, 1 Jun 1979; letters on 'Back Ache and School Furniture' (Education, 13 Apr 1979); an article entitled 'How School Desks are Bending Children's Spines' (Education, 30 Mar 1979); an article entitled 'Posture Problems and School Furniture' (Education, 28 Apr 1977); and, pages on the 'Work Seat Challenge' about Dr Aage Chresten Mandal, 1976 |