Influence of frequency on difference thresholds for magnitude of vertical sinusoidal whole-body vibration

Industrial Health

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 313-319

  Matsumoto, Yasunao ^a   Maeda, Setsuo ^a   Oji, Yasushi ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Difference threshold; Frequency; Human response; Just noticeable difference; Magnitude; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 0036808239     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.40.313     Document Type: Article

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