ABSTRACT
All seats are uncomfortable in the long run, but some seats become uncomfortable more rapidly than others, and in any particular seat, some people will be more uncomfortable than others. Comfort may also be influenced by the task or activity that the user is engaged in at the time. In other words, comfort (or more strictly the rate of onset of discomfort) will depend upon the interaction of seat characteristics, user characteristics, and task characteristics (Table 4.1).
