The upper extremity attenuates intermediate frequency vibrations

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-108

  Pope, Malcolm H ^a   Magnusson, M ^a   Hansson, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact; Lumbar spine; Upper extremity; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BIOMECHANICS; ERGONOMICS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SUBJECTIVE TESTING; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

LUMBAR SPINE; UPPER EXTREMITIES; VIBRATION TRANSMISSION;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ANALOG-DIGITAL CONVERSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POSTURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0031080983     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(96)00123-6     Document Type: Article

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