Exploring how anthropometric, vehicle and workplace factors influence whole-body vibration exposures during on-farm use of a quad bike

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 392-396

  Milosavljevic, Stephan ^a   Mani, Ramakrishnan ^a   Ribeiro, Daniel Cury ^a,b   Vasiljev, Radivoj ^c   Rehn, Borje ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b OTAGO POLYTECHNIC   (New Zealand)

^c Consultant Biomechanist ^*  (Serbia)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Body mass; Fieldwork; Quad bikes; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

BIVARIATE; BODY MASS; DAIRY FARMS; DATA LOGGER; FIELDWORK; MECHANICAL FACTORS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NEW ZEALAND; QUAD BIKES; REAR SUSPENSION; SHOCK DATA; SUSPENSION SYSTEM; TRIAXIAL ACCELEROMETER; VEHICLE WEIGHTS; VIBRATION EXPOSURE; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATIONS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORKING CONDITIONS; Z-DIRECTIONS;

AGRICULTURE; AUTOMOBILE SUSPENSIONS; BICYCLES; FARMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHOCK ABSORBERS; SUSPENSIONS (COMPONENTS); SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VEHICLES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL); WOOL;

AUTOMOBILE BODIES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CATTLE FARMING; DAIRYING; DRIVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAD BIKE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SHEEP FARMING; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84860675156     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: 18728219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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