Buttock and back pressure distribution tests on seats of mobile agricultural machinery

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-355

  Hostens, Ivo ^a   Papaioannou, George ^a   Spaepen, Arthur ^a   Ramon, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air cushion; Buttock pressure measurements; Combine seats; Comfort

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; SEATS;

BACK SUPPORT; COMFORT;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ERGONOMICS; FOAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SEAT; SITTING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0034988428     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(01)00013-8     Document Type: Article

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