Tool And Task Design Challenges For Left Handers: A Brief Review
Left-handed users are often overlooked by equipment and hand tool designers. Designers may assume that left handers will eventually learn to adapt themselves in a right-handed environment. However in reality left handers face a lot of difficulties when trying to perform tasks meant for right-handed...
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| author | Syed Mohamed, Muhammad Syafiq Azani, Akmal Hafiz Abdullah, Lokman Zamri, Ruzaidi Maslan, Mohd Nazmin Mat Ali, Mahasan Zainon, Maslan Mohd Samsuddin, Noorazizi |
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| description | Left-handed users are often overlooked by equipment and hand tool designers. Designers may assume that left handers will eventually learn to adapt themselves in a right-handed environment. However in reality left handers face a lot of difficulties when trying to perform tasks meant for right-handed users. Medical personnel are most affected by this issue, followed by workers in non-medical field such as services and manufacturing. This review aims to highlight the issues faced left handers by analysing common household product examples as well as hand tools in occupational settings. Discussions are centred on the differences between the right-handed tools versus left-handed tools, as well as task/procedural challenges faced by left handers. In summary, the notion of designing an ambidextrous tool may not be a realistic recommendation for tool manufacturers and designers. |
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| spelling | my.utem.eprints-241112020-07-28T10:56:26Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/24111/ Tool And Task Design Challenges For Left Handers: A Brief Review Syed Mohamed, Muhammad Syafiq Azani, Akmal Hafiz Abdullah, Lokman Zamri, Ruzaidi Maslan, Mohd Nazmin Mat Ali, Mahasan Zainon, Maslan Mohd Samsuddin, Noorazizi T Technology (General) TS Manufactures Left-handed users are often overlooked by equipment and hand tool designers. Designers may assume that left handers will eventually learn to adapt themselves in a right-handed environment. However in reality left handers face a lot of difficulties when trying to perform tasks meant for right-handed users. Medical personnel are most affected by this issue, followed by workers in non-medical field such as services and manufacturing. This review aims to highlight the issues faced left handers by analysing common household product examples as well as hand tools in occupational settings. Discussions are centred on the differences between the right-handed tools versus left-handed tools, as well as task/procedural challenges faced by left handers. In summary, the notion of designing an ambidextrous tool may not be a realistic recommendation for tool manufacturers and designers. Human Factors And Ergonomics Society Malaysia (HFEM) 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/24111/2/Paper-7-Muhammad-Syafiq-46-51.pdf Syed Mohamed, Muhammad Syafiq and Azani, Akmal Hafiz and Abdullah, Lokman and Zamri, Ruzaidi and Maslan, Mohd Nazmin and Mat Ali, Mahasan and Zainon, Maslan and Mohd Samsuddin, Noorazizi (2019) Tool And Task Design Challenges For Left Handers: A Brief Review. Human Factors And Ergonomics Journal (HFEJ), 4 (1). pp. 46-51. ISSN 2590-3750 http://hfej.hfem.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Paper-7-Muhammad-Syafiq-46-51.pdf |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) TS Manufactures Syed Mohamed, Muhammad Syafiq Azani, Akmal Hafiz Abdullah, Lokman Zamri, Ruzaidi Maslan, Mohd Nazmin Mat Ali, Mahasan Zainon, Maslan Mohd Samsuddin, Noorazizi Tool And Task Design Challenges For Left Handers: A Brief Review |
| title | Tool And Task Design Challenges For Left Handers: A Brief Review |
| title_full | Tool And Task Design Challenges For Left Handers: A Brief Review |
| title_fullStr | Tool And Task Design Challenges For Left Handers: A Brief Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tool And Task Design Challenges For Left Handers: A Brief Review |
| title_short | Tool And Task Design Challenges For Left Handers: A Brief Review |
| title_sort | tool and task design challenges for left handers: a brief review |
| topic | T Technology (General) TS Manufactures |
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