Lumbar support in auto seats: Conclusions from a study of preferred driving posture

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Reed, Matthew P ^a   Schneider, Lawrence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING POSTURE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LABORATORY STUDIES; LUMBAR LORDOSIS; SEAT DESIGN; SPINE LOADING;

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING;

EID: 85072425481     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/960478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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