A design methodology to create constraint-based human movement patterns for ergonomic analysis

Journal of Engineering Design

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 293-310

  Mitchell, Ross H ^a   Medland, Anthony J ^a   Salo, Aki I T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer aided design; Ergonomic design; Human machine interaction; Movement descriptor; Sit to stand

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248572466     PISSN: 09544828     EISSN: 14661837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544820600748441     Document Type: Article

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