Book chapter
OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION EXPOSURE
Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace, pp.53-71
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
12/16/2016
DOI: 10.1002/9781119276531.ch4
Abstract
When vibration interacts with the human body, the coupling pathway in which it moves through the body defines its path of travel. Whole‐body vibration (WBV) affects the entire body and is usually transmitted in a sitting or standing position from a vibrating seat or platform. Segmental or hand–arm vibration (HAV) affects one or both upper extremities and is usually transmitted to the hand and arm only from a motorized hand tool. This chapter discusses soft tissue responses to impact/vibration, and bony responses in the spine. Low back pain is a common nonoccupational health problem, and workers who are exposed to WBV are also exposed to many other workplace hazards, making it difficult to sort out the cause of symptoms. The intervertebral motion segment can be considered a flexible short column, susceptible to buckling, especially if its disk has been compromised by injury, fatigue, degenerative processes, thereby decreasing the size of its effective base of support.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- OCCUPATIONAL VIBRATION EXPOSURE
- Creators
- David G WilderDonald E Wasserman
- Contributors
- Gregg M Stave (Editor)Peter H Wald (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Physical and Biological Hazards of the Workplace, pp.53-71
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781119276531.ch4
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Hoboken, NJ, USA
- Number of pages
- 19
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/16/2016
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Occupational and Environmental Health
- Record Identifier
- 9984203936602771
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