Measurements of vibrotactile perception thresholds at the fingertips in Poland

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 535-541

  Harazin, Barbara ^a   Harazin Lechowska, Agnieszka ^a   Kałamarz, Jacek ^a   Zieliński, Grzegorz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Measuring equipment; Reference values; Vibrotactile perception threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FINGER; FINGER TIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ORGANIZATION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PALLESTHESIOMETER; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; POLAND; REFERENCE VALUE; TOUCH; VIBRATION SENSE; VIBROTACTILE PERCEPTION THRESHOLD;

ADULT; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; TOUCH; VIBRATION;

DUDLEYA EDULIS;

EID: 23344442513     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.535     Document Type: Article

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