The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study

Seating comfort is one of the important indicators while driving especially for a long hour drive. The objective of this study was to execute a preliminary study of survey and identify the discomfort of body while driving and after driving session by conductinga survey. The questionnaire developed w...

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Main Authors: N. S. M., Noor, Z., Ghazalli, R., Mamat, K., Kadirgama, M. S. M., Sani, Z., Ahmad, Nasrul Hadi, Johari
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Language:English
Published: Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association 2016
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/20661/1/The%20enhancement%20of%20driver%20seat%20comfort%20for%20small%20size%20car-fkm.pdf
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author N. S. M., Noor
Z., Ghazalli
R., Mamat
K., Kadirgama
M. S. M., Sani
Z., Ahmad
Nasrul Hadi, Johari
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R., Mamat
K., Kadirgama
M. S. M., Sani
Z., Ahmad
Nasrul Hadi, Johari
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description Seating comfort is one of the important indicators while driving especially for a long hour drive. The objective of this study was to execute a preliminary study of survey and identify the discomfort of body while driving and after driving session by conductinga survey. The questionnaire developed was tested for its reliability. By using Cronbach’s Alpha, this paper’s contribution was found to be significant in which it provides a survey with acceptable test reliability in which the alpha (α) was 0.887. The survey was conducted on 30 students of University Malaysia Pahang (20 male and 10 female) with driving experience and valid driving license. The subjects should have experiences in driving small size car or mini car as well. The results showed that the body area that the drivers felt discomfort while driving and after driving should be known. The findings showed that the discomfort was intense at the neck, upper back, and lumbar while and after driving.
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spelling ump-206612018-03-01T06:39:32Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/20661/ The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study N. S. M., Noor Z., Ghazalli R., Mamat K., Kadirgama M. S. M., Sani Z., Ahmad Nasrul Hadi, Johari TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery Seating comfort is one of the important indicators while driving especially for a long hour drive. The objective of this study was to execute a preliminary study of survey and identify the discomfort of body while driving and after driving session by conductinga survey. The questionnaire developed was tested for its reliability. By using Cronbach’s Alpha, this paper’s contribution was found to be significant in which it provides a survey with acceptable test reliability in which the alpha (α) was 0.887. The survey was conducted on 30 students of University Malaysia Pahang (20 male and 10 female) with driving experience and valid driving license. The subjects should have experiences in driving small size car or mini car as well. The results showed that the body area that the drivers felt discomfort while driving and after driving should be known. The findings showed that the discomfort was intense at the neck, upper back, and lumbar while and after driving. Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/20661/1/The%20enhancement%20of%20driver%20seat%20comfort%20for%20small%20size%20car-fkm.pdf N. S. M., Noor and Z., Ghazalli and R., Mamat and K., Kadirgama and M. S. M., Sani and Z., Ahmad and Nasrul Hadi, Johari (2016) The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study. Malaysian Journal of Public Health Medicine, 16 (Suppl. 1). pp. 108-114. ISSN 1675-0306. (Published) https://www.mjphm.org.my/mjphm/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=672:the-enhancement-of-driver-seat-comfort-for-small-size-car-a-preliminary-study&catid=104:2016-special-volume-1&Itemid=120
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
N. S. M., Noor
Z., Ghazalli
R., Mamat
K., Kadirgama
M. S. M., Sani
Z., Ahmad
Nasrul Hadi, Johari
The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study
title The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study
title_full The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study
title_fullStr The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study
title_full_unstemmed The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study
title_short The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study
title_sort enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/20661/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/20661/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/20661/1/The%20enhancement%20of%20driver%20seat%20comfort%20for%20small%20size%20car-fkm.pdf