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Whole-Body Vibration and Hand-Arm Vibration Related to ISO-TC108-SC4 Published Standards

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A special issue of Vibration (ISSN 2571-631X).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024 | Viewed by 1049

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Dr. Setsuo Maeda

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Department of Engineering, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham NG1 4FQ, UK
Interests: human response to multi-axis vibration; multi-modal perception; gene expression of hand-arm vibration syndrome; wearable technology for preventing HAVS; whole-body vibration; hand-arm vibration
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Prof. Dr. Marco Tarabini

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Department of Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Via La Masa 1, Milan, Italy
Interests: instrumentation and measurements; vibration measurements and vision-based measurements; human response to vibration; biomechanical measurements and motion analysis; whole-body vibration; hand-arm vibration; foot-transmitted vibration; biomechanical response; human vibration modeling
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Dear Colleagues,

<Aim of SI "WBV and HAV Related to ISO-TC108-SC4 Published Standards”>

This Special Issue will exchange knowledge about the limitation of the ISO/TC108/SC4 committee’s published standards on the effect of whole-body and hand-arm vibration on humans (ISO - ISO/TC 108/SC 4 - Human exposure to mechanical vibration and shock). We encourage the submission of both literature review articles and novel studies, performed in the field or in the laboratory, of the measurement, evaluation, and assessment related to the ISO/TC108/SC4 published standards. Hopefully, papers will contribute to the identification of new standards or help revise the standards for the assessment of risks related to exposure to whole-body and hand-arm vibration published EU Regulations (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R1230), released on 1^st July 2023.

<Scope of SI “WBV and HAV Related to ISO-TC108-SC4 Published Standards”>

The ISO/TC108/SC4 published standards specify general requirements for measuring, evaluating, assessing, and reporting whole-body and hand-arm vibration exposure in multi-axes. It defines frequency weighting and band-limiting filters to allow for a uniform comparison of measurements. The values obtained can be used to predict adverse effects of whole-body and hand-arm vibration over the frequency range covered by the octave bands from 1 Hz to 80 Hz and from 8 Hz to 1000 Hz. All standards are applicable to periodic, random, or non-periodic vibration provisionally, and are also applicable to repeated shock-type excitation (impact). This indicates the principal factors that can be combined to determine the degree to which vibration exposure will be acceptable. Informative annexes indicate the current opinions and provide guidance on the possible effects of vibration on health, comfort, and motion sickness.

Although the guidance on whole-body and hand-arm vibration of all standards apply to the health, comfort, and motion sickness effect areas, ISO standards define the principles of the preferred methods for determining human exposure. However, many researchers have demonstrated the limitations of the ISO/TC108/SC4 published standards in the measurement, evaluation, and assessment of whole-body and hand-arm vibration.

This Special Issue on “Whole-Body Vibration and Hand-Arm Vibration related to ISO-TC108-SC4 Published Standards” aims to collect review papers and creative contribution papers on measurement, evaluation, and assessment methodologies to help us understand the effect of whole-body and hand-arm vibration on humans.

Dr. Setsuo Maeda
Prof. Dr. Marco Tarabini
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Keywords

health
comfort
perception
motion sickness
biodynamic response
measurement
evaluation
assessment

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Open AccessArticle

Assessing Ride Motion Discomfort Measurement Formulas

by Louis T Klauder Jr

Vibration 2024, 7(2), 419-431; https://doi.org/10.3390/vibration7020022 (registering DOI) - 30 Apr 2024

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This article is about a framework for determining the degree of realism of any given passenger ride motion discomfort measurement formula. After providing some context and reviewing evidence of deficiency in currently popular ride motion discomfort measurement formulas, the article outlines the research program that needs to be carried out in order to establish such a framework. The research begins with gathering recordings of uncomfortable ride motion episodes encountered in a chosen type of passenger transport service. It then has test subjects compare the episodes via a ride motion simulator and adjust their amplitudes pair wise until they cause equal discomfort. It explains how to take the pair wise amplitude adjustments and determine amplitude adjustments that bring all of the motion episode recordings to a common level of discomfort so that they form a normalized set. Then, the lower the scatter of the scores assigned by any given discomfort measurement formula to the members of that set, the more realistic that formula will be for the chosen service. Full article

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Alterations in Step Width and Reaction Times in Walking Subjects Exposed to Mediolateral Foot-Transmitted Vibration

by Flavia Marrone, Stefano Marelli, Filippo Bertozzi, Alessandra Goggi, Enrico Marchetti, Manuela Galli and Marco Tarabini

Vibration 2024, 7(2), 374-387; https://doi.org/10.3390/vibration7020019 - 14 Apr 2024

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This study explores how low-frequency foot-transmitted vibration (FTV) affects both gait parameters and cognitive performance. Twenty healthy male participants experienced harmonic mediolateral FTV (1.25 Hz, 1 m/s²) while either standing or walking on a treadmill. We assessed participants’ reaction times to visual stimuli using a psychomotor vigilance task (PVT) test under five conditions, including (i) baseline (standing still without vibration), (ii) vibration (standing still with vibration), (iii) walking (walking without vibration), (iv) walking with vibration, and (v) post-test (standing still without vibration after the tests). Additionally, the step width (SW) was measured with a camera system in conditions (iii) and (iv), i.e., when participants were walking with and without vibration and during PVT execution. The results showed that the average vigilance decreased, and the step width increased while walking and/or with vibration exposure. These findings suggest a potential connection between decreased vigilance, increased step width, and the need for enhanced stability, focusing on balance maintenance and a wider base of support. Implications for future standard revisions are presented and discussed. Full article

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