Overview of attention for article published in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, June 1999
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The paper reviews the epidemiologic evidence linking low back pain (LBP) and exposure to whole body vibration (WBV). Particular emphasis is placed on studies where the exposure is quantified. Biomechanical studies show a resonance at 4-5 Hz. At the resonance the transmissibility exceeds 1.0, and is dependent on seat attenuation, posture and seat back inclination. Increased spinal loading is evidenced by increased muscle activity, muscle fatigue, and disc pressure, and by decreased stature. Physiologic changes also occur with WBV. The risk of LBP can be reduced by vibration damping, good ergonomic design, reducing exposure, and reducing other risks such as lifting.
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 May 2024.
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#6,087,098
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Outputs from Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine
#61
of 849 outputs
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#6,732
of 40,405 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine
#1
of 2 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 27,786,078 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 74th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 849 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.0. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% of its peers.
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