HUMAN RESPONSE TO WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION

RESEARCH CONCERNING SEVERAL TYPES OF HUMAN RESPONSE TO WHOLE BODY VIBRATION IS REVIEWED AND EVALUATED. MAJOR EMPHASIS IS ON TWO CATEGORIES OF BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH, SUBJECTIVE JUDGMENTS OF VIBRATION INTENSITY AND THE EFFECTS OF VIBRATION ON HUMAN PERFORMANCE. DISCUSSION OF THE BIODYNAMIC RESPONSE OF THE HUMAN BODY VIBRATION PROVIDES BACKGROUND INFORMATION TO AID THE READER IN UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETING VIBRATION PARAMETERS AND RESULTS OF BEHAVIOURAL STUDIES. ALSO INCLUDED ARE CONSIDERATIONS OF THE MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH VIBRATION AFFECTS BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSE, AND SOME PROBLEMS AND SHORTCOMINGS IN HUMAN VIBRATION RESEARCH. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  University of Montana, Missoula

  Missoula, MT  United States  59812
• Authors:
  • Shoenberger, R W
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 127-60
• Serial:
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue Number: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Environmental impacts; Evaluation; Human factors; Living things; Performance; Research; Vibration
• Old TRIS Terms: Biological factors
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224711
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: R&d Rept
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM