Vibration exposure and biodynamic responses during whole-body vibration training

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1794-1800

  Abercromby, Andrew F J ^a   Amonette, William E ^b   Layne, Charles S ^c   McFarlin, Brian K ^b,c   Hinman, Martha R ^d   Paloski, William H ^e  

^a WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON CLEAR LAKE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d HARDIN SIMMONS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Estimated vibration dose value; Head acceleration; ISO 2631 1; Mechanical impedance; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; TEXAS; VIBRATION;

EID: 34848864599     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181238a0f     Document Type: Article

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