Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Conference Proceedings and Posters 9-1-2018 Ergonomic Analysis of Modern Day Kitchen Knives Richard T. Stone Iowa State University,
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[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/imse_conf Part of the Ergonomics Commons, and the Operational Research Commons Recommended Citation Stone, Richard T.; Janusz, Olivia; and Schnieders, Thomas M., "Ergonomic Analysis of Modern Day Kitchen Knives" (2018). Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Conference Proceedings and Posters. 155. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/imse_conf/155 This Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering Conference Proceedings and Posters by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Ergonomic Analysis of Modern Day Kitchen Knives Abstract The focus of this study was on how different knife characteristics affect the consumer’s ability to slice vegetables. The aim of this study was to investigate if there is a difference in cutting between a chef knife and a santoku knife, a ceramic knife and a stainless-steel knife, and a sharp and dull knife in terms of muscle activation, body part discomfort, time, and slice performance. The er sults show for the consumer that knife characteristics do not affect the user’s performance. Disciplines Ergonomics | Operational Research Comments This is a manuscript of a proceeding published as Stone, Richard T., Olivia Janusz, and Thomas Schnieders.