The Proceedings of the Transportation and Logistics Conference
Online ISSN : 2424-3175
2000.9
Session ID : 2409
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2409 Truck driver's seating attitude analysis for improving the lumbago
Takao MIYAMOTOMiho OKUSHIMAKeiichi KITAZAWA
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Abstract
The amount of truck drivers who are suffering the chronic lumbago is not small. Driver often makes improvement to lessen the driving fatigue by adjusting the seating attitude where his back torso angle is increased and the stress to the intervertebral disk is reduced. This effectiveness is testified by the data of eletromyogram at elector muscle of spine and catecholamine from urine.
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© 2000 The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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