Driver sitting comfort and discomfort (part I): Use of subjective ratings in discriminating car seats and correspondence among ratings

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 516-525

  Kyung, Gyouhyung ^a   Nussbaum, Maury A ^a   Babski Reeves, Kari ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comfort; Discomfort; Driving posture; Packaging; Sitting

Indexed keywords

GROUND VEHICLES; POSITION CONTROL; PRODUCT DESIGN; SEATS;

DRIVING POSTURE; SUBJECTIVE RATING SCHEMES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CAR DRIVER; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEAT; SITTING;

EID: 42949084119     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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