Method for the analysis of posture and interface pressure of car drivers

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 511-522

  Andreoni, Giuseppe ^a,b   Santambrogio, Giorgio C ^a,b   Rabuffetti, Marco ^b   Pedotti, Antonio ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b Centro di Bioingegneria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Car seat; Ergonomics; Posture; Pressure map

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARTIAL PRESSURE SENSORS; VEHICLES;

SITTING POSTURES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CAR DRIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRONIC SENSOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SITTING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036854561     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(02)00069-8     Document Type: Article

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