Evaluation of a new work seat for industrial sewing operations : Results of three field studies
dc.contributor.author | Yu, Chi-Yuang | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Keyserling, W. Monroe | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-04-07T20:52:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-04-07T20:52:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1989-03 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Yu, Chi-Yuang, Keyserling, W. Monroe (1989/03)."Evaluation of a new work seat for industrial sewing operations : Results of three field studies." Applied Ergonomics 20(1): 17-25. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28024> | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V1W-47YN3Y1-1PH/2/bb371e7a5b7ca49bdf95b97778fb12e8 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/28024 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=15676711&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A newly developed work seat for industrial sewing operations was compared with a traditional sewing work seat to evaluate the effectiveness of design features. The new seat was designed with special seat-pan and backrest features to accommodate the musculoskeletal geometry of a low sit-stand posture. The seat-pan consisted of a pelvic support which supported the ischial tuberosities and areas behind them, and a thigh support which maintained the theghs at a 15[deg] downward angle, resulting in a 105[deg] trunk-thigh angle. The backrest consisted of a lumbar support which preserved lumbar lordosis and a thoracic support which supported the upper back during backward leaning. The traditional work seat was similar to an office chair (i e, a large horizontal seat-pan and a wide backrest) with the exception of having a higher than normal seat-height.This investigation consisted of three studies to compare the seats: (1) A user comfort and acceptance experiment which compared the initial psychophysical responses of 50 industrial sewers when introduced to the new seat; (2) a backrest usage experiment which compared the duration of backrest use among 10 industrial sewers; and (3) a follow-up experiment to evaluate chair preference after extended use of the new seat. The results of the user comfort and acceptance experiment found that the new work seat had greater comfort and user preference; the results of the backrest usage experiment found that the new seat had greater backrest use than the traditional seat; the results of the follow-up experiment found that the preference for the new seat was maintained over time and not due to a Hawthorne Effect. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
dc.title | Evaluation of a new work seat for industrial sewing operations : Results of three field studies | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Mechanical Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Industrial and Operations Engineering | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Center for Ergonomics, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Center for Ergonomics, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 15676711 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/28024/1/0000462.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0003-6870(89)90004-5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Applied Ergonomics | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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