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Driving Posture and
Healthy Design
Diane Elizabeth Gyi
Loughborough University, UK
8.1 INTRODUCTION
So, why is driving sometimes a pain? Driving as a task involves prolonged sit-
ting, a static and constrained posture, vibration and muscular effort (from steering,
braking, reversing etc.), all loading the spine to varying degrees and any of which
individually could lead to musculoskeletal symptoms. For successful vehicle seat
design and good ergonomics, some knowledge of the anatomy, physiology and bio-
mechanics of the human seated posture is required. In the view of the author, it is
important to understand ‘the human body’ ...