Analysis of the point mechanical impedance of fingerpad in vibration

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 816-826

  Wu, J Z ^a   Dong, R G ^a   Welcome, D E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Fingertip; Finite element model; Mechanical impedance; Soft tissue mechanics; Vibration

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE;

FINGERTIP; MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE; SOFT TISSUE MECHANICS;

VIBRATION CONTROL;

ARTICLE; FINGER; HUMAN; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; NAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VIBRATION;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FINGERS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VIBRATION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33744990149     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.11.013     Document Type: Article

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