Breast Cancer Detection: The Development and Pilot Study of a “Tactile Landscape” as a Standardized Testing Tool

Introduction There is still a need for competent breast lump detection palpation skills, especially in developing countries. Our goal is to design, develop, and establish a test to determine whether students can, by touch alone, identify and discriminate between a range of different simulated lesions at different adiposity levels. Methods...

Evaluation of conventional training in Clinical Breast Examination (CBE)

Clinical Breast Examination (CBE) is the examination of a women's breasts by a healthcare professional, such as a breast surgeon, family physician or breast-care nurse who is trained to recognise many different types of abnormalities and warning signs in the breast [1]. CBE is particularly important in rural areas and developing countries who...

Traditional and 3D scan extracted measurements of the heads and faces of Dutch children

3D anthropometry has created a significant opportunity for designers to improve fit by offering detailed information regarding the shape of the human body. Various researchers have shown the benefit of using 3D anthropometric data in the development or evaluation of head related products for adults. However, detailed 3D anthropometric data of...

Application of 3D scanning in design education

Three-dimensional scanning technologies have brought great opportunities in ergonomic and product design education as well as research. Not only the anthropometric size but also the shape and posture of the human, form of a product, or interactions between the human and product obtained based on the 3D scanning have been usefully applied in...

A Comparison Between Representative 3D Faces Based on Bi- and Multi-variate and Shape Based Analysis

In Ergonomic product design, designers need to translate anthropometric data of the target population into product dimensions or sizing systems. Currently, sizing systems are often based on traditional anthropometric data and generally use the variation of one or two key body dimensions directly related to the product. For products that need to...

New Product Ideas to Support Macro Breaks in Computer Work

A healthy work-to-rest ratio during computer work can be an important part of successful preventive workrelated upper limb disorders (WRULD) intervention. Existing break software applications designed to realise such a work-to-rest ratio often possess product features that limit their functionality. Most applications focus on physical relaxation...

Innovatieve externe enkelband tegen herhaald verzwikken

Veel sporters die een enkelverzwikking hebben doorgemaakt gebruiken tape of een brace om herhaling te voorkomen. Beide methoden kennen in de praktijk een aantal voor- en nadelen. De externe enkelband EXO-L, een innovatie die is ontwikkeld door de TU Delft en het Erasmus MC, biedt een nieuwe oplossing

Design of an ergonomic electric guitar

An investigation of existing literature reveals that guitar players are most prone to musculoskeletal injuries amongst all musicians. In the light of recent injuries to prominent guitar players such as Eddie Van Halen, this article explores ergonomics of electric guitars. By means of surveys, user observations, biomechanical analysis and...

Putting older people at the heart of every ICT development

A Friendly Rest Room: Developing Toilets of the Future for Disabled and Elderly People

This book addresses the topic of toilet design, but instead of focusing on the typical able bodied user, it takes the various needs and limited abilities of older and/or disabled people as its starting point (human centered design). This follows the principles of ‘Inclusive Design’: designs taking into account the needs of the most challenged,...

Human Diversity: Design for life: 9th International Congress of Physiological Anthropology: Proceedings, Delft, The Netherlands, 22-26 August 2008

This book of full papers contains the proceedings of the ICPA (International Congress of Physiological Anthropology) conference, held at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, TU Delft, from 22-26 August 2008.

Hand supports to assist toilet use among the elderly

Improving the toilet environment holds promises for increasing the quality of life for elderly and disabled persons. This is one of the goals of the Friendly Rest Room (FRR) project. The study described in this article explored the preference and use of supports in the toilet environment during the entire toilet ritual. An adjustable test frame...

Design for All in werksituaties: Inventarisatie van werkaanpassingen

Dit is de samenvatting van het eindrapport van het verkennend onderzoek naar ' Design for All in werksituaties’. Het onderzoek is uitgevoerd door de Sectie Applied Ergonomics and Design van de Technische Universiteit Delft in samenwerking met Stephan Productergonomie en Swarte-Advies. Het onderzoek betreft een inventarisatie van de toepassing...

Data of Simona population for MDHMS application: Collecting and deriving data for human modelling sotware to use in Flight Simulator Design

For the interior design of a flight simulator, the ergonomic software MDHMS has been used to test different interior layout issues. The MDHMS program includes an accommodation analysis capability, which generates a digital sample of the specific target group. This report shows the data required for this analysis. Since there are just a few...

Antropometrische Modellen: Overzicht en vergelijking van modellen van mens en werkplek

Dit rapport geeft een overzicht van antropometrische modellen (abstracte weergaven van meetgegevens om de vorm van het menselijke lichaam van populaties of groepen van mensen te beschrijven). De voor en nadelen worden besproken maar ook de relatie en het nut van elk met welke fase van het ontwerpproces zoals dat bij industrieel ontwerpen...

Bejaardenantropometrie

Dit rapport is het verhaal van mijn eerste antropometrisch onderzoek uit de tijd dat senioren nog bejaarden heetten. De vraag kwam van de GDVV Den Haag destijds via de GMD Amsterdam of wij wilden bepalen wat de beenlengte was van de ouderen ivm de aanschaf van nieuw meubilair en het bouwen van nieuwe verzorgingshuizen in Den Haag. Ik vroeg of ik...