Designing ergonomic product to ease of eating Parkinson's patients, according to the assessment of the body comfort situation | Zendy

Bahram Ipaki | Zendy

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Designing ergonomic product to ease of eating Parkinson's patients, according to the assessment of the body comfort situation

Author(s) -

Bahram Ipaki

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

iranian journal of ergonomics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2345-5365

pISSN - 1735-1960

DOI - 10.30699/jergon.6.3.6

Subject(s) - product (mathematics) , usability , psychology , medicine , computer science , human–computer interaction , mathematics , geometry

Results: Discomfort Questionnaire data (the average rate of 10.6out of 7 (1. 514)) showed that the non-ergonomic posture of hands, fingers, wrists, arms, elbows, neck, upper back (lumber), and shoulders, the discomfort rate while eating, is more intense, compared to other parts of the body . Observations have also shown that in order to near food to patient mouth, occur Non-ergonomic changes in the patient’s posture. Therefore, designing product should be done using anthropometric data.

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