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H. Kanis

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Pub. period:1988-1995
Pub. count:4
Number of co-authors:2

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Number of publications with 3 favourite co-authors:

L. W. van Hees:1
W. Schoorlemmer:1

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H. Kanis's 3 most productive colleagues in number of publications:

L. W. van Hees:1
W. Schoorlemmer:1

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Publications by H. Kanis (bibliography)

1995

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Kanis, H. and Hees, L. W. van (1995): Manipulation of Pushbuttons and Round Rotary Controls. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 39th Annual Meeting 1995. pp. 374-378.

“This study focuses on the manipulation of pushbuttons and round rotary controls on consumer products in practice. It shows that these controls are operated in many different ways. The majority of the observed manipulations is applied both by physically impaired and non-impaired users. Variation occurs in both groups. However, variation which occurs in one group only, almost always occurs in the impaired group. People experiencing operational difficulties used hardly any new types of manipulation compared to smooth operation - that is when no difficulty is experienced in reaching a control, gripping it and exerting the required force. These findings suggest that operational difficulties function as incentives urging users concerned to resort to abilities which otherwise they would not have to draw on, rather than as constraints. From a design point of view the findings indicate that people facing difficulties in the use of everyday products would benefit from multi-operable controls, that is with a great degree of freedom for manipulation.”

1994

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Kanis, H. (1994): On Validation. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting 1994. pp. 515-519.

“In view of the deficient way validation and measurement error are dealt with in Ergonomics/Human Factors research papers, there seems to be much to gain in this multidisciplinary research area. The comparison of practicalities in technical and in social research, which are seen as the main constituents of Ergonomics/Human Factors, elucidates the crucial role that instructions to subjects may play in the emergence of bias as a consequence of the involvement of human beings as part of the research object. Instead of letting validation degenerate into jargon, a framework for measurement criteria is presented. This framework may help to change validation from a defensive ceremony, circling around isolated observations, into a constructive endeavour aimed at general insights into the consequences of human involved research.”

1992

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Schoorlemmer, W. and Kanis, H. (1992): Operation of Controls on Everyday Products. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 36th Annual Meeting 1992. pp. 509-513.

“Previous research shows that the self-reliance of physically impaired people can be seriously jeopardized by their inability to operate controls on everyday products. In the research reported in this paper a study is made into the operational difficulties faced by people suffering from Parkinson's disease, from spasticism, from visual impairments, and by physically non-impaired subjects. This paper reports the forces that can be exerted by these subjests, the way they actually manipulate controls, and the operational difficulties the subjects experience including both the force exertion and other operational difficulties. Finally, design implications are briefly looked into.”

1988

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Kanis, H. (1988): Design for All? The Use of Consumer Products by the Physically Disabled. In: Proceedings of the Human Factors Society 32nd Annual Meeting 1988. pp. 416-419.

“Methodological aspects are considered of research into the use of consumer products by the physically disabled, especially into the operation of controls. The identification of impairments that provoke problems has revealed that only handicapped people with disabilities of both upper extremities are facing major problems in operating controls. The method applied is based on observation of users operating their own products at home. Subjects are people suffering from arthritis or a muscular dystrophy. Outcomes of the measurement of forces subjects can exert in turning, pinching and pushing, question the relevance of the measurement of the grip force with the widely used dynamometer as a valid indicator of the functional (im)possibilities of the hand. Finally it is shown that the procedure adopted, including the exertion of forces and the handling of controls by the subjects, does not have traceable effects on the performance of the subjects.”

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