Acute response of finger circulation of force and vibration applied to the palm of the hand

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-391

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Finger blood flow; Force; Hand palm; Hand transmitted vibration

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; FORCE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; HAND PALM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIBRATION;

EID: 33751057361     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1034     Document Type: Article

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