Comparison of the apparent mass during exposure to whole-body vertical vibration between Japanese subjects and ISO 5982 standard

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 436-440

  Maeda, Setsuo ^a   Mansfield, Neil J ^b  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apparent mass; ISO 5982; Seated subject; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; JAPAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SITTING; STANDARD; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; POSTURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 23344433143     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.436     Document Type: Article

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