The transmission of vibration through gloves: Effects of push force, vibration magnitude and inter-subject variability

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 488-496

  Laszlo, Helga E ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^b  

^a Institute of Data Analytics and Information Systems   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anti vibration glove; Hand arm vibration; Handle push force; Vibration magnitude

Indexed keywords

ANTI-VIBRATION GLOVES; ANTIVIBRATION; CONTACT FORCES; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; FREQUENCY RANGES; HAND-ARM VIBRATION; HAND-TRANSMITTED VIBRATION; HANDLE PUSH FORCE; VIBRATION MAGNITUDE; VIBRATION TRANSMISSIBILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; STANDARD; VIBRATION;

ADULT; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956370677     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.562984     Document Type: Article

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