Effect of Coupling Action on Temporary Threshold Shift (TTS) of Vibrotactile Perception

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Ren G. ; Maeda, Setsuo ; Shibata N ; Welcome DE
• Description:
  The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of the hand coupling actions (grip-only action and combined grip and push action) on the temporary threshold shift (TTS) of vibrotactile perception on a fingertip. Twelve subjects participated in the experiment. Six exposure treatments were used in the experiment, which are composed of two sinusoidal vibration exposure frequencies (16, 125 Hz), one control exposure condition (0 Hz), and two hand coupling actions (20 N grip-only and combined 20 N grip and 40 N push). The subjects were exposed to constant ISO weighted acceleration of 8 m/s2 rms of 5 minutes duration for each vibration condition. The TTS was measured before and after each subject was exposed to vibration. This study found that the TTS is affected by the coupling action at the exposure frequency of 125 Hz. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Analytical-processes Hand-injuries Humans Vibration-disease Vibration-effects Vibration-exposure
• Publisher:
  Associazione Italiana di Acustica
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  287-294
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032549
• Citation:
  11th International Conference on Hand-Arm-Vibration, June 3-7, 2007, Bologna, Italy. Bovenzi M, Peretti A, Nataletti P, Moschioni-G, eds., Bologna, Italy: Associazione Italiana di Acustica, 2007 Jun; :287-294
• Editor(s):
  Bovenzi M; Peretti A; Nataletti P; Moschioni G
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  11th International Conference on Hand-Arm-Vibration, June 3-7, 2007, Bologna, Italy
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9ac2340ee08b79279a0c5346b2596fdddcfbb93260527f7e32a4f00c0c702c882aae437fb12ae8644ebde30ddbf542cbe5a301281dd89a6cf7260c4aa144c000
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186480/cdc_186480_DS1.pdf
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