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Tricycles, consisting of a motorcycle for the driver and a sidecar for passengers, are a staple of Philippine transportation. With the amount of CO2 produced by tricycles, the Department of Energy and the Asian Development Bank spearheaded the creation of the “E-Traysikels”. While being environmentally friendly, it is also important for the design to be ergonomic, thus, the study aimed to assess the fit and comfort to Filipinos of the “E-Traysikel”. Dimensions of the e-tricycle were compared to corresponding Filipino anthropometric dimensions. Postures of selected passengers and drivers were taken and assessed using Rapid Entire Body Assessment and Rapid Upper Limb Assessment. Perceived comfort when riding the e-tricycle were also gathered. Results showed multiple parts of the “E-Traysikel” are smaller than corresponding anthropometric measurements. REBA and RULA scores range from acceptable to medium risk. Recommendations were provided to increase the comfort of the “E-Traysikels” for the passengers and drivers.
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San Juan, N.R., Abaa, K.L., Alto, D.J., Fernando, E., Custodio, B. (2020). An Ergonomic Analysis on the New E-Traysikel. In: Stanton, N. (eds) Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation. AHFE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1212. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50943-9_36
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