Application of Zen sitting principles to microscopic surgery seating

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 308-319

  Noro, Kageyu ^a   Naruse, Tetsuya ^b   Lueder, Rani ^c   Nao i, Nobuhisa ^d   Kozawa, Maki ^d  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gifu Prefectural Research Institute for Human Life Technology   (Japan)

^c Humanics ErgoSystems Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concave chair; Pelvic tilt; Pelvis; Sacral support; Seat comfort; Seat pan; Seat pressure distributions; Seating design; Surgical operations; Zazen meditation; Zen sitting

Indexed keywords

PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION;

CONCAVE CHAIR; PELVIC TILT; PELVIS; SEAT PRESSURE DISTRIBUTIONS; SURGICAL OPERATION; ZAZEN MEDITATION; ZEN SITTING;

SURGERY;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BODY PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; CHAIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIC TILT; SACRAL SUPPORT; SEAT; SEAT COMFORT; SEAT PAN; SITTING; SURGEON; SURGICAL CHAIR; ZEN SITTING;

EID: 80054715570     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.06.006     Document Type: Article

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