Surface electromyography as a tool to study the head rest comfort in cars

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 781-796

  Lamotte, Thibault ^a   Priez, Alain ^b   Lepoivre, Evelyne ^c   Tarriére, Claude ^c   Duchêne, Jacques ^d  

^a Association d'Aide à la Recherche Intéressant la Médecine du Travail AARIMT   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^c RENAULT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Comfort; Head rest; Surface electromyography (semg)

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SEATS; AUTOMOBILES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

AMPLITUDE PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; COMFORT; HEAD REST; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT;

ARTICLE; CAR; DRIVER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITION; SAFETY; SEAT;

EID: 0030152401     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964498     Document Type: Article

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