Evaulation of mattress for the Koreans

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 727-730

  Park, Se Jin ^a   Lee, Hyun Ja ^b   Hong, Kyung Hi ^b   Kim, Jin Tae ^c  

^a Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c ACE Bed Research Institute

Author keywords

Body pressure distribution; Firmness; Mattress; Spinal curvature

Indexed keywords

BODY PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; FIRMNESS; MATTRESS; SPINAL CURVATURE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SENSORS; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 0442279449     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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