PMID- 14680999
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040326
LR  - 20171116
IS  - 0014-0139 (Print)
IS  - 0014-0139 (Linking)
VI  - 47
IP  - 4
DP  - 2004 Mar 15
TI  - Joint angles of isocomfort for female subjects based on the psychophysical 
      scaling of static standing postures.
PG  - 427-45
AB  - This study investigated the joint angles of isocomfort (JAIs) for females based 
      on the psychophysical scalings for static standing postures held for 60 s, which 
      were obtained in a laboratory experiment. The subjects were instructed to rate 
      their comfort levels for varyious joint postures by using the free modulus method 
      of magnitude estimation. The comfort scores for the joint postures and the 
      related verbal comfort categories were subjected to regression analysis in order 
      to obtain the JAIs corresponding to verbal categories. The results showed that 
      the JAIs were significantly different depending upon the joints and joint 
      postures investigated (p < 0.01), and that the JAIs for female subjects were 
      significantly different than those for males (p < 0.01) which had been obtained 
      in an earlier study (Kee and Karwowski, 2001). Compared to the corresponding 
      range of joint motion values, the JAIs for hip postures were the smallest of all 
      joint postures dealt with in this study, while those for the neck were the 
      largest of all postures, which means that hip postures are more stressful than 
      any other joint posture. Based on this study, it is recommended that the 
      gender-based JAI values should be used for design applications.
FAU - Kee, Dohyung
AU  - Kee D
AD  - Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Keimyung University, 1000 
      Shindang-Dong, Dalseo-Gu, Taegu 704-701, Korea.
FAU - Karwowski, Waldemar
AU  - Karwowski W
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Ergonomics
JT  - Ergonomics
JID - 0373220
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - *Ergonomics
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Joints/*physiology
MH  - Occupational Health
MH  - Posture/*physiology
MH  - Range of Motion, Articular
MH  - Research
EDAT- 2003/12/19 05:00
MHDA- 2004/03/27 05:00
CRDT- 2003/12/19 05:00
PHST- 2003/12/19 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/03/27 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/12/19 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 9CN8C80649N8P9MV [pii]
AID - 10.1080/00140130310001638180 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ergonomics. 2004 Mar 15;47(4):427-45. doi: 10.1080/00140130310001638180.