Mechanical impedance of the human body in vertical direction

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 415-422

  Holmlund, P ^a   Lundstrom R ^a   Lindberg, L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodynamics; Vibration; Whole body

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SITTING; THEORY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034256968     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(99)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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