Health effects associated with occupational exposure to hand-arm or whole body vibration

K Krajnak - Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part B, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Workers in a number of different occupational sectors are exposed to workplace vibration on
a daily basis. This exposure may arise through the use of powered-hand tools or hand …

Seated whole-body vibration analysis, technologies, and modeling: a survey

JL Coyte, D Stirling, H Du, M Ros - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The modeling and measurement of the biodynamic response of the seated human body has
recently been an active research topic, with major applications to ergonomics and …

Platform accelerations of three different whole-body vibration devices and the transmission of vertical vibrations to the lower limbs

JJM Pel, J Bagheri, LM Van Dam… - Medical engineering & …, 2009 - Elsevier
Physical whole-body vibration (WBV) exercises become available at various levels of
intensity. In a first series of measurements, we investigated 3-dimensional platform …

Biodynamics of the human body under whole-body vibration: Synthesis of the reported data

S Rakheja, RG Dong, S Patra, PÉ Boileau… - International Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
Identification of most probable ranges of biodynamic responses of the human body exposed
to whole-body vibration is essential for developing effective integrated human-machine …

The effect of varying magnitudes of whole-body vibration on several skeletal sites in mice

BA Christiansen, MJ Silva - Annals of biomedical engineering, 2006 - Springer
It has been reported that whole-body vibration (WBV) is anabolic to trabecular bone in
animal models and humans. It is likely that this anabolic response does not occur uniformly …

Non-linear dual-axis biodynamic response to vertical whole-body vibration

N Nawayseh, MJ Griffin - Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2003 - Elsevier
Seated human subjects have been exposed to vertical whole-body vibration so as to
investigate the non-linearity in their biodynamic responses and quantify the response in …

Repeated exposure to high‐frequency low‐amplitude vibration induces degeneration of murine intervertebral discs and knee joints

MR McCann, P Patel, MA Pest… - Arthritis & …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective High‐frequency, low‐amplitude whole‐body vibration (WBV) is being used to treat
a range of musculoskeletal disorders; however, there is surprisingly limited knowledge …

Influence of different frequencies of axial cyclic loading on time-domain vibration response of the lumbar spine: a finite element study

W Fan, LX Guo - Computers in Biology and Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
Very few studies have quantitatively analyzed influence of the loading frequency on time-
domain vibration response of the whole lumbar spine in the presence of a physiologic …

Motor performance changes induced by muscle vibration

L Fattorini, A Ferraresi, A Rodio, GB Azzena… - European journal of …, 2006 - Springer
The possibility that mechanical stimulation of selected muscles can act directly on the
nervous system inducing persistent changes of motor performances was explored. On the …

Developing a simplified finite element model of a car seat with occupant for predicting vibration transmissibility in the vertical direction

X Zhang, Y Qiu, MJ Griffin - Ergonomics, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The transmissibility of seat depends on the dynamics of both the seat and the human body,
and shows how the amplification and attenuation of vibration varies with the frequency of …