Estimation of biodynamic forces distributed on the fingers and the palm exposed to vibration

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 485-494

  Dong, Ren G ^a   Welcome, Daniel E ^a   Wu, John Z ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biodynamic force; Hand arm vibration; Hand arm vibration syndrome; Hand transmitted vibration; Mechanical impedance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DYNAMICS; FINGER; FORCE; HAND PALM; IMPEDANCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; VIBRATION;

EID: 23344437561     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.485     Document Type: Article

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