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Investigation on ergonomics characteristics of protective clothing based on capture of three-dimensional body movements

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The objective of this investigation is to measure and document any significant difference in motion performance between the partial pressure suit (PPS) and the common clothing (CC), and therefore to explore the ergonomics evaluation indexes and appraisal methods of protective clothing (PC). This paper presents the results of three human mechanics tests and two operational performance tests conducted on nine male subjects which made possible the comparative evaluation under these two different situations. The human mechanics tests included a range of motion (ROM) test, a grip strength test, and a torque test while the operational performance tests included a target-aiming test and a screwing nuts test. Significant difference was found between the two suits in the ROM test, the grip strength test as well as the target-aiming test. This study demonstrates that motion performances vary significantly between the two suits and ROM together with grip strength can serve as ergonomics evaluation indexes of PC.1

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDigital Human Modeling - First International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, ICDHM 2007. Held as Part of HCI International 2007, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages856-864
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783540733188
DOIs
StatePublished - 2007
Event1st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, ICDHM 2007 - Beijing, China
Duration: 22 Jul 200727 Jul 2007

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4561 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling, ICDHM 2007
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period22/07/0727/07/07

Keywords

  • Ergonomics evaluation
  • Motion performance
  • Partial pressure suit (PPS)
  • Protective clothing (PC)
  • Range of motion (ROM)

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