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" Could you open this jar for me please": a pilot study of the physical nature of jar opening.
conference contribution
posted on 2014-09-03, 13:37 authored by George TorrensGeorge Torrens, Gavin L. Williams, R. HuxleyThe Department of Trade and Industry have recently published a report
highlighting the problems of opening foodstuff packaging. The aim of this
pilot study was to observe and document the different techniques used by a
range of male and female subjects as they tried to open one of the packaging
types highlighted in the report as difficult to open, a vacuum-sealed fruit jam
jar. Three types of fruit jam jars were assessed with four subjects, two males
and two females. Each subject was physically characterised. During the task
performance upper limb posture and the forces applied through the jam jar
were recorded using a video camera, a CODA motion capture system and a
universal grip dynamometer (UGD). The relationship between the physical
characteristics and task performance will be discussed in relation to vacuum
jar packaging design, and the appropriateness of the assessment methods
used.
History
School
- Design
Published in
Ergonomics Society Annual Conference Contemporary Ergonomics 2001Pages
83 - 89 (7)Citation
TORRENS, G., WILLIAMS, G.L. and HUXLEY, R., 2001. " Could you open this jar for me please": a pilot study of the physical nature of jar opening. IN: Hanson, Margaret A. (ed.). Contemporary Ergonomics 2001. Proceedings of the annual conference of the Ergonomics Society, April 2001, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. London: Taylor and Francis, pp. 83 - 89.Publisher
© Taylor & FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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This conference paper is available here with the kind permission of Taylor and Francis.ISBN
9780415250733Language
- en