Whole-body vibration and back pain

摘要

WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION occurs when mechanical energy oscillations are transferred to the body as a whole, commonly through a seat or platform. Instances of exposure to WBV include driving automobiles or trucks and operating industrial vehicles. Workers at high risk of WBV are drivers of construction and quarrying vehicles, agriculture machinery, industrial trucks, and rail vehicles. Workers operating static compaction, hammering or punching machinery also are at risk of WBV.