Vibrotactile perception thresholds as determined by two different devices in a working population

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 204-210

  Wenemark, Marika ^a   Lundström, Ronnie ^a   Hagberg, Mats ^a   Nilsson, Tohr ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b Sundsvall County Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hand; Neuropathy; Neurophysiology; Occupational health; Tactile perception; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEVICE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROPATHY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOUCH; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SENSE;

EID: 0030006352     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.132     Document Type: Article

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