Thermotactile thresholds before, during and after exposure to hand-transmitted vibration
Thermotactile thresholds before, during and after exposure to hand-transmitted vibration
Warm and cool thresholds before, during, and after exposure to vibration, were investigated. Twelve healthy male volunteers with a mean age of 26.3 years participated in the study. Subjects were screened to exclude those with prior regular exposure to hand-transmitted vibration, diabetes, vascular or neurological disorders and injuries to the right hand. The experiment was performed in a room with ambient temperature of 23°C. Subjects were acclimatised for 10 minutes before the skin temperatures were measured. During the pre-exposure period, there is no significant difference in thresholds between the control condition and the 125-Hz session. With 125-Hz vibration, warm thresholds increased over the five periods and also over the three periods during application of vibration.
hand-transmitted vibration, mean ages, neurological disorders, pre-exposure, skin temperatures
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Seah, Sue Ann
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Griffin, Michael J.
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2011
Seah, Sue Ann
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Griffin, Michael J.
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Seah, Sue Ann and Griffin, Michael J.
(2011)
Thermotactile thresholds before, during and after exposure to hand-transmitted vibration.
Canadian Acoustics, 39 (2), .
Abstract
Warm and cool thresholds before, during, and after exposure to vibration, were investigated. Twelve healthy male volunteers with a mean age of 26.3 years participated in the study. Subjects were screened to exclude those with prior regular exposure to hand-transmitted vibration, diabetes, vascular or neurological disorders and injuries to the right hand. The experiment was performed in a room with ambient temperature of 23°C. Subjects were acclimatised for 10 minutes before the skin temperatures were measured. During the pre-exposure period, there is no significant difference in thresholds between the control condition and the 125-Hz session. With 125-Hz vibration, warm thresholds increased over the five periods and also over the three periods during application of vibration.
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Published date: 2011
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hand-transmitted vibration, mean ages, neurological disorders, pre-exposure, skin temperatures
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/354984
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Sue Ann Seah
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Michael J. Griffin
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