Naslov
Seat comfort analisys at University of West Hungary by body pressure

Autori
Horváth, Peter Gyorgy ; Antal, Maria Reka ; Domljan, Danijela ; Denes, Levente

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Book of Proceedings of the 6 th International Ergonomics Conference Ergonomics 2016 – Focus on Synergy / Sušić, Aleksandar ; Jurčević Lulić, Tanja ; Salopek Čubrić Ivana ; Sumpor, Davor ; Čubrić, Goran - Čakovec : Hrvatsko ergonomijsko društvo, 2016, 143-150

Skup
Proceedings of the 6 th International Ergonomics Conference Ergonomics 2016 – Focus on Synergy

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 15.06.2016. - 18.06.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
chair comfort; pressure distribution; body postures; pressure map; ergonomics

Sažetak
The main goal of this research was to raise awareness for prolonged sitting persons about the negative consequences of wrong seat. This was supported by a series of data acquired by examining the most prevalent chairs in the university’s lecture halls from comfort and weight distribution point of view. For measurements the Tekscan’s CONFORMAT pressure distribution measuring system was used, involving different chair types, ten subjects who seated in six different postures in the chairs. According to the results the body mass index has a great influence on the peak pressures and pressure distribution maps in most cases shows asymmetry both in pressure zones and peak values even in straight sitting position, the difference reaching sometimes a 20% value .The seat cushion can reduce up to 50% the peak pressure of the sitting bones’ zone. Research data and analysis revealed also that beside the chair comfort a special attention should be paid also to a correct posture, because many of health complains can be linked to the latter.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Drvna tehnologija

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