Descriptors related to comfort perception in the design and selection of hoe-type hand tools.
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| Název: | Descriptors related to comfort perception in the design and selection of hoe-type hand tools. |
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| Autoři: | Mantilla S; Escuela de Diseño Industrial, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Santander, Colombia., Maradei F; Escuela de Diseño Industrial, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Santander, Colombia., Castellanos J; Escuela de Diseño Industrial, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Santander, Colombia. |
| Zdroj: | Work (Reading, Mass.) [Work] 2025 Dec; Vol. 82 (4), pp. 1045-1057. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Jul 15. |
| Způsob vydávání: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | English |
| Informace o časopise: | Publisher: SAGE Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9204382 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1875-9270 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10519815 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Work Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2024- : [Thousand Oaks, CA] : SAGE Publications Original Publication: Reading, MA : Andover Medical Publishers, c1990- |
| Výrazy ze slovníku MeSH: | Ergonomics*/methods , Perception* , Hand* , Equipment Design*, Humans ; Male ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Adult ; Female ; Posture ; Principal Component Analysis ; Middle Aged |
| Abstrakt: | Background: The perception of ergonomic characteristics is a factor that influences product handling or purchase. It is vital to study it to design items that mitigating the posture and load risk factors. Objective : Identify the ergonomic descriptors of general-purpose hoe-type hand tools related to operators' perception of comfort. Method: A pre-study was carried out to identify descriptors associated with the concepts of comfort and discomfort. In conjunction with a survey of 50 participants in the study, a literature review was conducted. The data that was obtained was filtered, and the degree of association that the word had with the term comfort was explored with 64 distinct users employing the semantic differential. A principal component analysis (PCA) was used to enlace these descriptors to more generic terms. Results: The adjectives linked with comfort may be classified into seven major components, with a total variation of 63.99%. Factor 1 explains 18.95% of the results and is associated with perceptions of physical well-being; factor 2 with perceptions of structural solidity; factor 3 with tool appearance; factor 4 with professional identity; factor 5 with perceptions of quality; factor 6 with posture comfort; and factor 7 with perceptions of efficiency. Conclusion: This study provides useful information for designers in the development of hoe-type hand tools with ergonomic properties related with comfort. Reducing discomfort in terms of comfort may help reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal illnesses by avoiding demanding postures and muscle and joint overloads. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: comfort; equipment design; ergonomics; physical ergonomics; task performance and analysis; user-Centered design |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20250715 Date Completed: 20251203 Latest Revision: 20251203 |
| Update Code: | 20251204 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10519815251351617 |
| PMID: | 40662215 |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | Background: The perception of ergonomic characteristics is a factor that influences product handling or purchase. It is vital to study it to design items that mitigating the posture and load risk factors. Objective : Identify the ergonomic descriptors of general-purpose hoe-type hand tools related to operators' perception of comfort. Method: A pre-study was carried out to identify descriptors associated with the concepts of comfort and discomfort. In conjunction with a survey of 50 participants in the study, a literature review was conducted. The data that was obtained was filtered, and the degree of association that the word had with the term comfort was explored with 64 distinct users employing the semantic differential. A principal component analysis (PCA) was used to enlace these descriptors to more generic terms. Results: The adjectives linked with comfort may be classified into seven major components, with a total variation of 63.99%. Factor 1 explains 18.95% of the results and is associated with perceptions of physical well-being; factor 2 with perceptions of structural solidity; factor 3 with tool appearance; factor 4 with professional identity; factor 5 with perceptions of quality; factor 6 with posture comfort; and factor 7 with perceptions of efficiency. Conclusion: This study provides useful information for designers in the development of hoe-type hand tools with ergonomic properties related with comfort. Reducing discomfort in terms of comfort may help reduce the risk of developing musculoskeletal illnesses by avoiding demanding postures and muscle and joint overloads. |
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| ISSN: | 1875-9270 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10519815251351617 |