USE OF ACCEPTABILITY AND USABILITY TRIALS TO EVALUATE VARIOUS DESIGN ITERATIONS OF THE PERSONAL LIFT ASSISTIVE DEVICE (PLAD)

USE OF ACCEPTABILITY AND USABILITY TRIALS TO EVALUATE VARIOUS DESIGN ITERATIONS OF THE PERSONAL LIFT ASSISTIVE DEVICE (PLAD)

The purpose of this research is twofold: 1) to apply a user-centred approach to examine the usability and acceptability of an on-body ergonomic aid called the Personal Lift Assistive Device (PLAD) in a variety of industrial work environments and 2) to utilize subjective user acceptability data on di...

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Main Author: FICK, JOSHUA DAVID
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Language:en
en
Published: 2011
Subjects:
Personal Lift Assistive Device
User-Centred Design
Low Back Pain
Ergonomic Aid
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6777

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http://hdl.handle.net/1974/6777

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