Influence of different shoulder-elbow configurations on steering precision and steering velocity in automotive context

Schmidt, Susanne; Seiberl, Wolfgang; Schwirtz, Ansgar

doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2014.07.017

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“…Previous studies utilizing a variety of testing conditions and protocols presented similar trends, pointing to the enhanced pull strength (static and dynamic) obtained at maximal reach distances (e.g., Herring and Hallbeck, 2007;Imrhan and Ayoub, 1990;Mital and Faard, 1990). A recent study investigated steering performance velocity and precision as functions of reach position (Schmidt et al, 2014). The best results were obtained at the range corresponding to the medium-maximum range of the current study.…”

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confidence: 52%

Dynamic push–pull characteristics at three hand-reach envelopes: Applications for the workplace

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Dynamic push–pull characteristics at three hand-reach envelopes: Applications for the workplace

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“…This would lead to many advantages due to freeing of the arms and hands [2,3]. Also, this change in driving style would be directly associated with physiological burdens, since the arm position, whether the hands are on the steering wheel, changes the activations and postures of neck and shoulder muscles [4], and so neuromuscular fatigue of upper limbs during driving will be influenced. Human drivers need to perform all steering at SAE level 0, partly perform steering at SAE level 1 and do not need to perform steering at all at SAE levels 2-5 [1].…”

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Effect of arm position on spatial distribution of upper trapezius muscle activity during simulated car driving

Watanabe

Yoshida

2021

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics

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The present study aimed to investigate the upper trapezius muscle activity during simulated car driving while adopting three different arm positions. Ten participants were instructed to maintain the following positions: hands on the steering wheel (Hands-On), hands not on the steering wheel (Hands-Off) and hands not on the steering wheel but arms on armrests (Armrests). During the tasks, multi-channel surface electromyography (EMG) was recorded from the upper trapezius muscle with 64 two-dimensionally distributed electrodes. Amplitudes of surface EMG in Armrests were lower than in Hands-On (p = 0.004). The spatial distribution of surface EMG changed with time in Hands-Off and Armrests (p < 0.05), but not in Hands-On (p > 0.05). These findings suggest that being freed from steering leads to the recruitment of various muscle fibers/motor units within the upper trapezius muscle and the use of armrests may help reduce the physiological burden loaded on the muscle of drivers.

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“…Li et al 17 used the constructed musculoskeletal model and combined the backrest angle and vibration to evaluated the degree of muscle activation under various dynamic conditions. Schmidt et al 18 investigated the optimal driving posture in terms of steering accuracy and steering speed.…”

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Research on comfortable driving posture of car drivers based on muscle biomechanics

Gao

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Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D:

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This paper aims to solve the problem of optimal design on a comfortable human-machine arrangement of car drivers with different physical signs under dynamic manipulation. Based on the biomechanical characteristic of human skeletal muscle and Hill muscle mechanics model, this paper constructs the human seat musculoskeletal model of 5th, 50th, and 95th percentile physical signs of Chinese car drivers under dynamic manipulation. The six-degree-of-freedom flexible test bench was set up and the center composite method was used to optimize the number of experiments. The consistency and relevance analysis of the actual measurement and dynamic manipulation simulation was carried out to comprehensively analyze the human-machine arrangement parameters such as vehicle seat, pedal, and steering wheel, so as to realize the optimization design of the hard point size of comfortable driving posture and verify the rationality and applicability of the test results through the vehicle road test.

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Influence of different shoulder-elbow configurations on steering precision and steering velocity in automotive context

Cited by 17 publications

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Dynamic push–pull characteristics at three hand-reach envelopes: Applications for the workplace

Dynamic push–pull characteristics at three hand-reach envelopes: Applications for the workplace

Effect of arm position on spatial distribution of upper trapezius muscle activity during simulated car driving

Research on comfortable driving posture of car drivers based on muscle biomechanics

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