Maximum reach envelope for the seated and standing male and female for industrial workstation design

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1390-1404

  Sengupta, Arijit K ^a   Das, Biman ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Engineering Anthropometry; Industrial workstation design; Maximum reach envelope; Workspace

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

POTENTIOMETRIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; REACH ENVELOPE;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; SEAT; STANDING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033823997     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300421824     Document Type: Article

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