Seated human response to simple and compact impacts.

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• Personal Author:
  Ankrum J ; Spratt K ; Wilder D ; Xia T ; Ankrum J ; Spratt K ; Wilder D ; Xia T
• Description:
  The human lumbar spine is inherently an unstable structure and requires sophisticated neuromuscular control to maintain its stability and for performing physical tasks. As a consequence, it is important to understand the potential health effects on human operators of mechanical stimuli such as shock and vibration. Impact applied to a vehicle operator combines the risk of sudden, unexpected load with the mechanical stress of the seated posture. Because many work environments contain the potential for multiple, unexpected impacts, it is important to understand how the trunk muscles respond to complex conditions. We believe the results have implications for isolation design and standards development.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Environmental Monitoring Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Equipment-design Ergonomics Vibration Vibration-control Vibration-disease Vibration-effects Vibration-exposure
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Purchase Order
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings ; Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; New Hampshire ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  64-65
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030968
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the first American conference on human vibration, June 5-7, 2006, Morgantown, West Virginia. Dong, Ren G., Krajnak K, Wirth O, Wu J, eds. Morgantown: WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2006-140, 2006 Jun; :64-65
• Contact Point Address:
  Iowa Spine Research Center, Biomedical Engineering Department, 1University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.A.
• Editor(s):
  Dong, Ren G. ; Krajnak K ; Wirth O ; Wu J ; Dong, Ren G. ; Krajnak K ; Wirth O ; Wu J
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Performing Organization:
  University of Iowa
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings of the first American conference on human vibration, June 5-7, 2006, Morgantown, West Virginia
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:44b0ed32acb53fdaf593c17e826a1e86edcab1a76797d12835e2e7b5031ededb8cafc7dc1ce7f4bbac66ad5c80b7bde6bdaf92f86ef3be833d784201a03f23e4
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/181442/cdc_181442_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 167.31 KB ]