Contrast thresholds and fixation disparity during 5-hz sinusoidal single- and dual-axis (vertical and lateral) whole-body vibration

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 317-332

  Griefahn, B ^a   Brode P ^a   Jaschinski, W ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Binocular vision; Biomechanic; Visual acuity; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; FIXATION FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL MASKING; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 17944384850     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401300184431     Document Type: Article

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