The apparent mass of the human body exposed to non-orthogonal horizontal vibration

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1269-1278

  Mansfield, N J ^a   Lundstrom R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apparent mass; Horizontal direction; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

SUBJECTIVE TESTING; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

APPARENT MASS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032861939     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(99)00135-9     Document Type: Article

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