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Measuring Ways Research on Public Facilities of the Elderly’s Physical Flexibility

Authors : Xing-Rong Wen, Ding-Bang Luh

Published in: Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This research took the old people aged over 60 in southern China as the example, first discussed the physical conditions of the elderly and the problem raising in fitness test, Then make an overview according to the research status and the classification and the problems of the measurement ways for elders’ physical flexibility. The physical conditions of the elderly were learned by tracking their living behaviors. By analyzing the corresponding conditions of outdoor living behaviors and body conditions, the needs of the elderly for measurement of physical flexibility were extracted, which were qualitatively analyzed by combining with Kano model. Finally, the design direction of the public facilities of physical flexibility of the elderly is obtained.

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Title
Measuring Ways Research on Public Facilities of the Elderly’s Physical Flexibility
Authors
Xing-Rong Wen
Ding-Bang Luh
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Advances in Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare and Medical Devices

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-20450-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-20451-8

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20451-8_33