Whole-body vibration exposure intervention among professional bus and truck drivers: A laboratory evaluation of seat-suspension designs

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 351-362

  Blood, Ryan P ^a   Yost, Michael G ^a   Camp, Janice E ^a   Ching, Randal P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; low back pain; road surface evaluation; vibration simulator

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOENGINEERING; BODY WEIGHT; CAR DRIVING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY WEIGHT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 84930061683     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459624.2014.989357     Document Type: Article

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