1. Participation in workplace design with reference to low back pain: a case for the improvement of the police patrol car
- Author
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Dalzell Ma, Côté Mm, Geoffrion R, Kuorinka I, Giguère D, Baril R, and Larue C
- Subjects
Male ,Engineering ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Applied psychology ,Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation ,Human Factors and Ergonomics ,Perception ,Participatory design ,Forensic engineering ,medicine ,Humans ,Workplace ,health care economics and organizations ,Low back ,media_common ,business.industry ,Human factors and ergonomics ,Participatory ergonomics ,Low back pain ,Police ,Lumbar spine ,Female ,Ergonomics ,medicine.symptom ,business ,human activities ,Automobiles ,Low Back Pain - Abstract
Thirty Canadian police officers, divided into six groups, participated in the redesign of the interior of the patrol car. Three of the groups consisted of individuals having a history of low back disease. The effect of participating in a design process on the characteristics of the final design and on the perception of the low back pain was studied in a semi-experimental setting. The participants developed a strong commitment to the participatory design process, which was reflected in their productions. The differences between participants with and without a history of a low back disease was not marked. The former tended to stress posture-related elements in their analysis and design.
- Published
- 1994