Transmissibility of helicopter vibration in the spines of pilots in flight

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 576-580

  De Oliveira, Carlos Gomes ^a,b   Nadal, Jurandir ^b  

^a Physical Activity Science Institute of Aeronautics (ICAF)   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodynamics; Load; Resonance; Upper body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FLIGHT; FORCE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; SPINE; VIBRATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; BACK PAIN; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL INJURIES; VIBRATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

RICE STRIPE VIRUS;

EID: 20044386151     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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