Distribution of mechanical impedance at the fingers and the palm of the human hand

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1165-1175

  Dong, R G ^a   Wu, J Z ^a   McDowell, T W ^a   Welcome, D E ^a   Schopper, A W ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fingers; Hand arm vibration; Hand transmitted vibration; Mechanical impedance of the hand; Vibration power absorption

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; VELOCITY CONTROL; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BIODYNAMIC RESPONSE; HAND-TRANSMITTED VIBRATIONS; HUMAN HANDS; MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE (MI);

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; FINGER; HAND GRIP; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VIBRATION;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FINGERS; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 15944402411     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.05.021     Document Type: Article

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