Papers by Keyword: Body Pressure Distribution

Abstract: The objective of the present study was to study the effect of seat angle change on body pressure distribution. The body pressure distribution and body subjective comfort evaluation were recorded in five angles of wheelchair seat surface(0 °, 3 °, 6 °, 9 °and 12 °) by using X-Sensor system. 20 healthy volunteers (10 males and 10 females) were tested to obtain the average pressure of back, the maximum pressure of back, the contact area of back, the average pressure of buttock, the maximum pressure of buttock, the contact area of buttock. The experimental data were analyzed by statistical analysis software SPSS 19.0 and MATLAB. Finally the comfort indicator of wheelchair was determined based on body pressure distribution, and the more comfortable angle of wheelchair seat surface was also obtained, which was 3.17°. The study should provide a strong help for the comfortable wheelchair designing.

Abstract: Sitting postures affect their safety in wheelchair for persons with the disability or the ender people. In this paper, it is explored the relationship between the pressure distributions and sitting posture; using density-based clustering methods establish the evaluation model. Real instance verify that the model can accurately predict the relations between pressure distribution and sitting postures.

Abstract: Through the study of the seat size parameter change on the body pressure distribution effect, the powerful references to comfort design of office chair were explored. By using Canadian XSENSOR X3 PRO V6 test system, human body pressure distribution and subjective comfort evaluation in different back angle of 6 objects were tested. The data were processed by statistical analysis software SPSS 16. Then the change of maximum pressure, average pressure, contact area of seat surface and backrest, as well as the vertical pressure distribution curve with the back angle were obtained. Finally the comfort indicators of daily office chair were determined based on body pressure distribution, and the most comfortable back angle of office chair were also solved. Thereby it can provide reference for those who want to design comfortable daily office chair.

Abstract: This paper presents a method of ergonomic design based on subjective rating for the purpose of modeling cushion surface mapped by body pressure distribution (BPD) test data. A sitting comfort evaluation scale was designed to collect subjective comfort perception. Optimal BPD test data were selected by comparing comfort rating after experiments on a trial seat. A data mapping model was established between point clouds in three dimensional coordinate and BPD test data, which can be recognized and transferred in CAD system. In this context, an ergonomic-aided system was developed in practical application to demonstrate the viability of the method. Two designers tried out the system to design a seat cushion, and compared it with conventional method in Rhino software. Results show that the system is more interactive to designers, which can save time of surface modeling by about 50%.

Abstract: The resilience of mattress foam has influenced on body pressure distribution characteristic of mattress and human comfort. This paper dealt with resilience of foam and body pressure distribution through resilience test instrument for mattress foam and body pressure distribution system. The results showed that the resilience of latex foam was better and the body pressure distribution of mattress with latex foam layer was better. This study results have important reference value to the flexibility of mattress and comfort design.

Abstract: By selecting different elasticity coefficients, the result of that the pressure distributions on contact human body and human’s subjective feelings were tested. Through analyzing and comparing, the conclusion was reached: 1) different elasticity coefficients of mattresses would affect the comfort on human body; 2) the medium elasticity coefficient of mattresses would provide maximum comfort; 3)the conclusion was validated by both objective test results and human’s subjective feelings.