The apparent mass of the seated human exposed to single-axis and multi-axis whole-body vibration

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2543-2551

  Mansfield, Neil J ^a   Maeda, Setsuo ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent mass; Mechanical impedance; Multi axis vibration; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL IMPEDANCE; MULTI-AXIS VIBRATION; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION;

MOTION ESTIMATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASS; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; POSTURE; VIBRATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34447530622     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2006.10.035     Document Type: Article

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