Difference thresholds for the perception of whole-body vertical vibration: Dependence on the frequency and magnitude of vibration

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1305-1310

  Forta, Nazim Gizem ^a   Morioka, Miyuki ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Difference thresholds; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENCE THRESHOLD; DIFFERENCE THRESHOLDS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; KNOW-HOW; SEAT VIBRATIONS; VERTICAL VIBRATIONS; VIBRATION FREQUENCY; VIBRATION MAGNITUDE; WHOLE-BODY; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SEAT; VIBRATION; VISION; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

ADULT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350101433     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130903023709     Document Type: Article

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