“People rely on transportation to reach their destination. Road traffic has increased exponentially in almost every major cosmopolitan in the world due to increasing number of private vehicles, in addition to commercial ones.
On average, people spend 53 minutes in heavy traffic every day in Kuala Lumpur. In heavy traffic, drivers tend to repetitively press their pedals; and this may lead to physical fatigue and/or other musculoskeletal problems.
By doing this study, we would be able to better understand the mechanism of the lower limb, and to determine the best posture for driving, while in heavy traffic. Hopefully this will help us to decide if they play any role in causing knee pain.”
Jeevaraaj N. Vivekanandan @jeevaraaj_v graduated with first-class BBEng degree in 2021, and is due to start his fast-track PhD in the study of knee biomechanics under Dr Juliana Usman at Department of Biomedical Engineering in October.
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