Field studies of comfort and discomfort in sitting

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 895-915

  Helander, Martin G ^b   Zhang, Lijian ^a  

^a DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

^b LINKÖPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aesthetics; Biomechanics; Chair design; Comfort; Discomfort; Fatigue; Seating

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

FATIGUE FACTORS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGONOMICS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SEAT; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EVALUATION STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INTERIOR DESIGN AND FURNISHINGS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 0031238693     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397187739     Document Type: Article

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