Vibration effects on setting pregnant women - Subjects of various masses

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 493-501

  Qassem, W ^a   Othman, M O ^b  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HUMAN FORM MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SIMULATION; STANDARDS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

PREGNANT WOMAN; SOFTWARE PACKAGE MICRO-CAP;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DRIVER; HEAD; LUMBAR SPINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; THORACIC SPINE; THORAX; TRUNK; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030131106     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00074-7     Document Type: Article

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