Design of a hand-mounted palm and finger adapter system to measure vibration exposures and palm and finger forces

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• Personal Author:
  Asaki T ; Kudernatsch S ; Peterson, D. R.
• Description:
  A hand-held adapter approach is one of the most common and most convenient methods for quantifying vibration exposure at the hand-tool and hand-handle interfaces. While most of the commercially available adapters are capable of reliable quantification of the acceleration magnitudes, the need for grip force monitoring is being overlooked, especially since it is well known that grip force is an influential factor in vibration exposure. When exposed to vibration, the hand-arm system provides different biodynamic responses at the fingers when compared to the palm suggesting that differentiation between the finger and palmar acceleration measurements is crucial for vibration monitoring and understanding exposure-response relationships. Peterson et al., introduced a palm adapter as part of a Vibration Exposure Monitor (VEM) system that was capable of recording uniaxial acceleration and palm force using a force sensing resistor (FSR) on one hand. In order to investigate day-long two-handed tool couplings and exposures, this paper presents a palm and finger adapter system that was designed for use with a second-generation VEM system that is capable of recording 16 channels of raw waveforms at up to 5,000 Hz for more than eight hours. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Acceleration Analytical-instruments Biodynamics Dose-response Equipment-reliability Exposure-assessment Force Hand-tools Measurement-equipment Monitoring-systems Noise-levels Noise-waves Performance-capability Physiological-measurements Physiological-response Power-tools Quantitative-analysis Recording-systems Tools Vibration-exposure Vibration-pickups

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• Publisher:
  University of Guelph
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  47-48
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045781
• Citation:
  Human vibration - from theory to industrial and clinical applications, proceedings of the fifth American Conference on Human Vibration, June 10-13, 2014, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Oliver M, ed. Guelph, Ontario, Canada: University of Guelph, 2014 Jun; :47-48
• Editor(s):
  Oliver M
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Manufacturing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Dentistry
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20090901
• Source Full Name:
  Human vibration - from theory to industrial and clinical applications, proceedings of the fifth American Conference on Human Vibration, June 10-13, 2014, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
• End Date:
  20130831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/201069/cdc_201069_DS1.pdf
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