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http://dx.doi.org/10.5143/JESK.2010.29.1.061

Ergonomic Evaluation of Convenient Appliances for Elderly Driver's Ingress/Egress  

Park, Woo-Chul (Ergonomics Research Team, Hyundai Motors)
Yang, Young-Seon (Ergonomics Research Team, Hyundai Motors)
Jang, Chee-Hwan (Ergonomics Research Team, Hyundai Motors)
An, Dae-Jin (Ergonomics Research Team, Hyundai Motors)
Lim, Sung-Hyun (Ergonomics Research Team, Hyundai Motors)
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Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea / v.29, no.1, 2010 , pp. 61-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to study the usability of the ingress/egress of elderly people, and analyze the physiological workload electromyography (EMG). We investigated the factors of discomfort while the elderly people are using the ingress/egress. Experiments were performed using a seating buck with 22 elderly participants (over 65 years old). The results showed that different muscles are activated during ingress and egress. A system called "easy access" was found which helps to access easily when a driver gets into a car. The current easy access was compared a newly proposed one. It was found that elderly people use less muscle during in/egress in the new easy access system.
Keywords
Elderly; Convenience; Ingress; Egress; Discomfort;
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