U.S. Truck driver anthropometric study and multivariate anthropometric models for cab designs

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 849-871

  Guan, Jinhua ^a   Hsiao, Hongwei ^a   Bradtmiller, Bruce ^b   Kau, Tsui Ying ^c   Reed, Matthew R ^c   Jahns, Steven K ^d   Loczi, Josef ^e   Hardee, H Lenora ^f   Piamonte, Dominic Paul T ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b Anthrotech   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Paccar   (United States)

^e DAIMLER AG   (Germany)

^f Navistar   (United States)

^g VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

Author keywords

cab design models; human body size; truck driver

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA; ANTHROPOMETRIC DIMENSIONS; ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CAB DESIGN; GENERAL POPULATION; HUMAN BODIES; SAMPLING PLANS;

DESIGN; POPULATION STATISTICS; TRUCK DRIVERS; TRUCKS;

ANTHROPOMETRY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CAR DRIVING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY SIZE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLES; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867370033     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812442685     Document Type: Article

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