Seat adjustment - capacity and repeatability among occupants in a modern car

Families in the Western world have a car and several family members sharethe same car. In this study, 154 participants have adjusted a driver's seat three times. The primary objective was to study intrapersonal repeatability and intraclass correlation (ICC) on seat; length adjustment, backrestangle, seat front edge and seat rear edge adjustment, related to participant age, sex, stature and weight. Length adjustment has the best intrapersonal repeatability within two repetitions, 49 mm and ICC-value 0.87. Females and younger participants (age <40 years) adjust seats generally more accurately. Females adjust the seat 41 mm more forward, 120 mm compared to men 79 mm counted from 0-starting position. Females sit with more upright seat backrests, 46° compared to 43° for males counted from 0-starting position. Females sit higher than males in both the frontal and rear part of the seat cushion. (A)

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• Authors:
  • JONSSON, B
  • STENLUND, H
  • BJOERNSTIG, U
  • SVENSSON, M Y
• Publication Date: 2008-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 232-241
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Automobiles; Drivers; Females; Human beings; Seats; Vehicle occupants
• ITRD Terms: 1757: Age; 1243: Car; 1772: Driver; 1787: Man; 1388: Seat (veh); 1715: Vehicle occupant; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01090882
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: TRL
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 31 2008 8:00AM