Effects of age on spinal rotation during a driving task

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2078, 2008, Pages 57-61

  Reimer, Bryan ^a   D'Ambrosio, Lisa A ^a   Coughlin, Joseph F ^a   Puleo, Rozanne M ^b   Cichon, Jaclyn E ^c   Griffith, John Daniel ^d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Boeing Company ^*  (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^d MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ERGONOMICS;

ACCIDENT RISKS; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING TASKS; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION; OLDER ADULTS; OLDER DRIVERS; REAL DRIVINGS; SAFE OPERATION; STEERING WHEEL; YOUNG DRIVER;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 61349103712     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2078-08     Document Type: Article

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