Seated whole body vibrations with high-magnitude accelerations-relative roles of inertia and muscle forces

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2639-2646

  Bazrgari, B ^a   Shirazi Adl, A ^a   Kasra, M ^b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite elements; Muscle force; Shock; Spinal loads; Stability; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE BODIES; AUTOMOBILE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MUSCLE; VIBRATION CONTROL;

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; BIODYNAMIC MODELING; BIODYNAMICS; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS; FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FINITE ELEMENTS; GRAVITY ACCELERATION; HIGH ACCELERATION; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FORCES; NON-LINEAR LOADS; SEAT VIBRATIONS; SHOCK; SPINAL LOADS; STABILITY; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATIONS;

VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; KINEMATICS; LORDOSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; VIBRATION SENSE;

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORAX; VIBRATION;

EID: 49449114313     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.06.026     Document Type: Article

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