Acute effects of continuous and intermittent vibration on finger circulation

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 255-263

  Bovenzi, Massimo ^a   Welsh, Alexandra J L ^b   Griffin, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exposure duration; Finger circulation; Intermittency; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 2442656761     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0507-4     Document Type: Article

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