Accession Number:

AD0288877

Title:

PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL RESPONSE OF THE HUMAN TO LONGITUDINAL WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION AS DETERMINED BY SUBJECTIVE RESPONSE

Descriptive Note:

Technical documentary rept.

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• MAGID, EDWARD B.
• COERMANN, ROLF R.
• LOWRY, RICHARD D.
• BOSLEY, WILLIAM J.

Report Date:

1962-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

The production of symptoms in specific body regions to whole-body vibrations is dependent upon physiological alterations resulting from the mechanical stimulation of various organ-tissue complexes of the body. We investigated subjective response to gain an insight into the mechanical properties of the body. Fifteen subjects experienced with whole-body vibrations were included in a two-phase study in an attempt to measure qualitatively and quantitatively subjective response to longitudinal vibrations from 1 to 20 cps in a sitting position. In the first phase the complexity of body response to whole-body vibration was demonstrated since the subjects usually experienced several symptoms for each frequency tested. The second phase suggested that the sensations were resonance-dependent. Mechanical and physiological responses were correlated.

Descriptors:

• *VIBRATION
• *STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY)
• *PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
• *RESPONSE(BIOLOGY)
• FREQUENCY
• MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• STIMULATION(PHYSIOLOGY)
• RESONANCE

Subject Categories:

• Stress Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE