Development and evaluation of the Automotive Seating Discomfort Questionnaire (ASDQ)

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-149

  Smith, Dannion R ^a   Andrews, David M ^b   Wawrow, Peter T ^a  

^a Ergonomics Department   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automotive seating; Discomfort; Questionnaire; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SEATS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

DISCOMFORT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEATING INDUSTRY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CAR; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 31344476525     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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