Biodynamic response at the palm of the human hand subjected to a random vibration

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 241-255

  Dong, Ren G ^a   McDowell, Thomas W ^a   Welcome, Daniel E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hand arm vibration; Hand arm vibration syndrome; Hand transmitted vibration; Mechanical impedance; Vibration power absorption

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAND FUNCTION; HAND GRIP; HAND INJURY; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; RANDOMIZATION; RIGIDITY; SIMULATION; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SYNDROME;

ARM; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SYNDROME; VIBRATION;

EID: 13844317376     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.241     Document Type: Article

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