Effect Of Driving Posture And Hand Grip For Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome Among Car Drivers

Wen Jia, Lee (2018) Effect Of Driving Posture And Hand Grip For Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome Among Car Drivers. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka,Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Hand position on the steering wheel is important in providing an optimum comfort grip experience to drivers especially for the drivers who always drive in long journey.In this study,two type of hand position on the steering which is hand position 3 & 9 o'clock and 2 & 10 o'clock are used to compare the hand grip force before and after driving 30 minutes for both hand position.The route selection for this study is from the toll Ayer Keroh to toll Tangkak with total of 32.1 km and the speed limit will be 80km/hr.The grip force is collected before and driving session by using Hand Grip Dynamometer. Furthermore,the data collected for the grip force will be analysed and compared.Besides that,the ergonomics risk factor for both hand position also will be analysed by RULA analysis in Catia software.Lastly,limitation of the study faced and suggestion for the future study will be listed at the end of this report.

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