Model prediction of vibration effects on human subject seated on various cushions

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 350-358

  Qassem, W ^a  

^a YARMOUK UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Body segments; cushion; model; steering; vibration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; BIOFEEDBACK; BIOMECHANICS; GRAPHIC METHODS; GROUND VEHICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; STEERING; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

CUSHIONS; HUMAN BODY; MODEL PREDICTION; SEATED HUMANS; VIBRATION EFFECTS; VIBRATION INPUTS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEAT; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030200370     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-4533(95)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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