The effect of stretching and agetoward mental workload of city car transportation driver

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Julianus Hutabarat, Iftitah Ruwana, Dayal Gustopo Setiadjit, Lalu Mustiadi, Anggadwi Mulyanto

2016 International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research Vol. 14 Issue 14 Article Cited by 3 Quartile

Abstract

This study aim was to test the effect of stretching on mental workload of city car transport driver. To achieve these objectives, the research involve 30 city car transport drivers, male with age between 25 to 65 years. The stretching system has 6 types of movement. Every day the stretching is done 2 times at 10 am and at 2 pm. The results showed that stretching can reduced mental workload about 4% at 10 am and 25% at 2 pm. Lower mental workload can increase the productivity and economic benefit of city car transportation driver.

Affiliations

Department of Industrial Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Malang, Indonesia; Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Malang, Indonesia; Department of Statistics, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia