Designing a workplace for workers with motion disability with computer simulation and virtual reality techniques

International Journal on Disability and Human Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 355-358

  Budziszewski, Pawel ^a   Grabowski, Andrzej ^a   Milanowicz, Marcin ^a   Jankowski, Jaroslaw ^a   Dzwiarek, Marek ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOUR PROTECTION NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adaptation of workplace; Disabled people; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; REVIEW; SHORT STATURE; VIRTUAL REALITY; WHEELCHAIR; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84871451066     PISSN: 21910367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/IJDHD.2011.054     Document Type: Review

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