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Ergonomics Evaluation of a Manual Braking System for Skateboards

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Advances in Ergonomics in Design (AHFE 2017)

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Abstract

In late decades’ skateboarding, has moved from garages and skate parks to city parks and lanes. It has extended from entertainment into a type of transportation. The skateboard permits the youngster to get extraordinary velocities, frequently in abundance of 20 miles for each hour, yet takes into consideration just restricted directional control. To date, no successful braking gadget has been devised. This study is a comparison between a traditional skateboard and remodeled skateboard with a braking system. Result showed a significant effect of brakes on the users’ performance. The research should give a different perception to safety and performance of skateboarders.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX, USA

    Uzairulhassan Syed, Manoj Patil, Yueqing Li & Brian Craig

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  1. Faculdade de Motricidade Humana, Universidade de Lisboa, Cruz Quebrada, Portugal

    Francisco Rebelo

  2. Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Marcelo Soares

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Syed, U., Patil, M., Li, Y., Craig, B. (2018). Ergonomics Evaluation of a Manual Braking System for Skateboards. In: Rebelo, F., Soares, M. (eds) Advances in Ergonomics in Design. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 588. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60582-1_16

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