Elevators or stairs?

S Shah, M O'Byrne, M Wilson, T Wilson - CMAJ, 2011 - Can Med Assoc
Background: Staff in hospitals frequently travel between floors and choose between taking
the stairs or elevator. We compared the time savings with these two options. Methods: Four …

Research of a Holiday kind: elevators or stairs?

S Shah, M O'Byrne, M Wilson… - CMAJ: Canadian Medical …, 2011 - europepmc.org
Background Staff in hospitals frequently travel between floors and choose between taking
the stairs or elevator. We compared the time savings with these two options. Methods Four …

Elevator usage in venues

LAJ Wirola, J Kamarainen - US Patent App. 16/023,655, 2020 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND [0002] Indoor positioning requires novel systems and solutions that are
specifically developed and deployed for this purpose. The" traditional" positioning …

Use of stairs in a hospital increased by a sign near the stairs or the elevator

ST Houweling, J Stoopendaal, N Kleefstra… - Nederlands tijdschrift …, 2005 - europepmc.org
[Use of stairs in a hospital increased by a sign near the stairs or the elevator]. - Abstract - Europe
PMC Sign in | Create an account https://orcid.org Europe PMC Menu About Tools Developers …

Mega high-rise elevators

JW Fortune - 1996 - hkapi.lib.cuhk.edu.hk
As we turn the corner into the next millennium, a number of large engineering and
development firms have already announced plans to construct mega high-rise towers …

[PDF][PDF] Elevator use for egress: the human-factors problems and prospects

J Pauls, AJ Gatfield, E Juillet - Symposium on Elevators and Fire, 1991 - nist.gov
Elevator use for egress is an increasingly discussed topic in the technical and regulatory
literature; however, human factors issues are barely addressed. In a comparative approach …

Design implications to increase utilization of stairwells

A Moatari-Kazerouni, P Pennathur… - … health & safety, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Stairwell use is a cost-effective opportunity to increase physical activity. Although stairwell
use can integrate moderate physical activity in daily work routines, little information is …

How many steps does a doctor take in the hospital? No difference between internists and general surgeons, but a relationship with age and BMI

JH Goosen, HB Ettema, BJ Kollen… - Nederlands Tijdschrift …, 2008 - europepmc.org
[How many steps does a doctor take in the hospital? No difference between internists and
general surgeons, but a relationship with age and BMI]. - Abstract - Europe PMC Sign in …

Transportation with hospital beds

K Petzäll, J Petzäll - Applied ergonomics, 2003 - Elsevier
Transporting patients in hospital beds is a common task in acute hospital wards. The aim of
the study was to explore the influence of different bed wheel arrangements on the effort and …

Spatial measures associated with stair use

G Nicoll - American Journal of Health Promotion, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose. Although stair use in workplaces can provide an accessible means of integrating
physical activity into work routines, there is little information available on how building …