The effect of lumbar support prominence on driver's comfort and body pressure distribution

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 308-311

  Lim, Sunghyun ^a   Chung, Min K ^a   Jung, Jaewon ^a   Na, Seok H ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SEATS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; GONIOMETERS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIMULATORS;

BODY PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; LUMBAR SUPPORT;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1842709101     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120004402981     Document Type: Conference Paper

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