Analysis of sliding and pressure distribution during a repositioning of persons in a simulator chair

IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-224

  Aissaoui, Rachid ^a,b,c   Lacoste, Michèle ^b   Dansereau, Jean ^b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pressure distribution; Repositioning; Seat to back angle (SBA); Seating; Sliding; System tilt angle (STA)

Indexed keywords

BACK ANGLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

NEUROLOGY;

ACROMION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CHAIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; SIMULATOR;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PELVIS; POSTURE; PRESSURE; SHOULDER;

EID: 0034758865     PISSN: 15344320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/7333.928581     Document Type: Article

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