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
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association 2016
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	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

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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 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
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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
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.
format	Article
author	N. S. M., Noor Z., Ghazalli R., Mamat K., Kadirgama M. S. M., Sani Z., Ahmad Nasrul Hadi, Johari
author_facet	N. S. M., Noor Z., Ghazalli R., Mamat K., Kadirgama M. S. M., Sani Z., Ahmad Nasrul Hadi, Johari
author_sort	N. S. M., Noor
title	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_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_sort	enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study
publisher	Malaysian Public Health Physicians’ Association
publishDate	2016
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
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The enhancement of driver seat comfort for small size car: a preliminary study

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