Biomechanical and Physiological Analyses of a Luggage-Pulling Task

Jung, Myung‐Chul; Haight, Joel M.; Hallbeck, M. Susan

doi:10.2486/indhealth.45.756

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“…The use of PSSs in the travel goods industry is wide-ranging in the literature on luggage (or baggage) inspection techniques and airport security scanning systems research [21,22], and occasionally on luggage design with a focus on polymer composites, design-engineering and ergonomics studies [23][24][25]. However, academic research into the production, distribution, usage and EoL of luggage and travel goods within a PSS framework is lacking.…”

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Investigating the Potential Adoption of Product-Service Systems in the Luggage Industry to Promote Sustainability

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Iacovidou

2023

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The travel-goods industry is an essential part of the larger travel and tourism sector, but it allegedly creates significant environmental impacts due to resource and energy consumption. This study investigates the potential of the product-service system (PSS) models to promote the transition to a sustainable travel industry in the future. It explores the drivers and barriers to PSS adoption within the luggage industry from a theoretical perspective and identifies opportunities for value creation using both consumer and luggage industry viewpoints. Four hypothetical PSS models are developed to highlight different pathways to PSS adoption, underpinned with empirical data collected via a consumer survey and semi-structured interviews with industry experts. Even though the analysis revealed shifting consumer attitudes towards servitisation concepts within the travel-goods market, at present, the widespread adoption of PSS is hindered by the fragmented nature of global supply chains and entrenched ownership values. Addressing supply chain issues in a way that empowers end-of-life systems to sustainably manage products beyond their functional obsolescence is critical. In parallel, product-oriented PSS models are more likely to increase, driven by a burgeoning resale market and supported by digital technologies, which in turn can lead to greater prospects for use-oriented PSS adoption in the long-term that would eventually promote sustainability.

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Investigating the Potential Adoption of Product-Service Systems in the Luggage Industry to Promote Sustainability

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Iacovidou

2023

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Control of vertical posture while standing on a sliding board and pushing an object

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Voluntary pushing or translation perturbation of the support surface each induces a body perturbation that affects postural control. The objective of the study was to investigate anticipatory (APA) and compensatory (CPA) postural adjustments when pushing an object (that induces self-initiated perturbation) and standing on a sliding board (that induces translational perturbation). Thirteen healthy young participants were instructed to push a handle with both hands while standing on a sliding board that was either free to move in the anterior-posterior direction or stationary. Electromyographic activity (EMG) of trunk and lower extremity muscles, center of pressure (COP) displacements, and the forces exerted by the hand were recorded and analyzed during the APA and CPA phases. When the sliding board was free to move during pushing (translation perturbation), onsets of activity of ventral leg muscles and COP displacement were delayed as compared to pushing when standing on a stationary board. Moreover, magnitudes of shank muscle activity and the COP displacement were decreased. When pushing heavier weight, magnitudes of muscle activity, COP displacement, and pushing force increased. The magnitude of activity of the shank muscles during the APA and CPA phases in conditions with translational perturbation varied with the magnitude of the pushing weight. The outcome of the study suggests that the central nervous system prioritizes the pushing task while attenuates the source of additional perturbation induced by translation perturbation. These results could be used in the development of balance re-training paradigms involving pushing weight while standing on a sliding surface.

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Does a standard school trolley fit children of different heights?

Orantes-González

Heredia-Jimenez

2020

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Biomechanical and Physiological Analyses of a Luggage-Pulling Task

Cited by 8 publications

References 23 publications

Investigating the Potential Adoption of Product-Service Systems in the Luggage Industry to Promote Sustainability

Investigating the Potential Adoption of Product-Service Systems in the Luggage Industry to Promote Sustainability

Control of vertical posture while standing on a sliding board and pushing an object

Does a standard school trolley fit children of different heights?

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