Whole-body vibration can offer some fitness and health benefits, but it's not clear if it's as good for you as regular exercise. With whole-body vibration, you stand, sit or lie on a machine with a vibrating platform. As the machine vibrates, it transmits energy to your body, forcing your muscles to contract and relax dozens of times each second. The activity may cause you to feel as if you're ...
The risk of vibration-induced injury depends on the average daily exposure. An evaluation of the risk takes into account the intensity and frequency of the vibration, the duration (years) of exposure and the part of the body which receives the vibration energy. Hand-arm vibration causes damage to hands and fingers.
Vibration is the mechanical oscillations of an object about an equilibrium point. The oscillations may be regular, such as the motion of a pendulum, or random, such as the movement of a tire on a gravel road. The study of the health effects of vibration requires measures of the overall "pressure waves" (vibration energy) generated by the vibrating equipment or structure.
La vibración corporal total puede ofrecer algunos beneficios para la salud y el estado físico, pero no está claro si es tan adecuado como ejercicio regular. Con la vibración corporal total, uno se queda de pie, se sienta o se acuesta en una máquina con una plataforma vibratoria. A medida que la máquina vibra, transmite energía al cuerpo, forzando a los músculos para que se contraigan y ...
This causes the force of the vibration to rise, called amplify, by the time it gets to the inner ear. This rise in force helps transfer the energy of the sound wave to the fluid of the inner ear.
Exposure to vibration from power tools is the greatest concern. Hand-held power tools such as chain saws, jackhammers, pneumatic rock drillers and chippers can cause "hand-arm vibration syndrome." This disorder is also known as "vibration-induced white finger," "hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS)," or "Raynaud's phenomenon of occupational origin."
Vibration-induced health conditions progress slowly. In the beginning, it usually starts as a pain. As the vibration exposure continues, the pain may develop into an injury or disease. Pain is the first health condition that is noticed and should be addressed in order to stop the injury. Vibration-induced white finger is the most common condition among the operators of hand-held vibrating ...
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