Seating Comfort and Biomechanical Application
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 1138
Special Issue Editors
Interests: seating comfort; human modeling; automotive ergonomics; biomechanics; design science
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We spend most of the day in a sitting position, excluding sleeping time. For this reason, there are various types of "sitting" for various people in various places, and there are chairs and seats that support them. In fact, we unconsciously use many different types of seating.
Our lives have changed drastically in the recent COVID-19 situation. The need for a better living environment has increased due to an increase in the amount of time spent at home working at a desk as a result of the spread of remote work. The importance of improving the comfort of chairs and indoor environments has increased significantly. On the other hand, the health effects of continuous sitting posture have also become a topic of discussion.
In addition, the comfort of vehicles is also undergoing reconsideration, as automatic driving technology is converting drivers into passengers. Furthermore, new forms of mobility, such as new types of aircraft and small mobility vehicles, are being born.
In other words, a paradigm shift in seating is in motion.
In this Special Issue, we would like to focus on the latest research results on sitting comfort and research methodologies, especially the application of biomechanics.
In comfort research, many new methods have been developed that are not only based on conventional methodologies but also on small wearable sensors, image recognition, and many other classical methods. In addition, more detailed human body models, personalized models, and open-source analysis systems have been developed.
We encourage you to submit your latest research results on these comfort-related topics. We look forward to hearing from you.
Prof. Dr. Akinari Hirao
Dr. Xuguang Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seating comfort
- sitting posture
- pressure distribution
- human model for comfort
- comfort measurement
- prolonged sitting
- fatigue
- posture monitoring
- sedentary work
- dynamic comfort
