Whole Body Vibrations: Physical and Biological Effects on the Human Body

ISBN-13: 9781138500013 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 252 str.

Redha Taiar; Christiano B. Machado; Xavier Chiementin

Opis

This book offers a comprehensive range of principles, methods, techniques and tools to provide the reader with a clear knowledge of the impact of vibration on the human body. The text considers physical, mechanical and biomechanical aspects and is illustrated by key application domains such as sport and medicine.

Spis treści

1. Instrumentation for Human Mechanical Vibration Analysis. 2. Signal Processing. 3. Numerical and Experimental Assessment of Mechanical Vibrations. 4. Effect of Mechanical Vibration on Performance. 5. Effect of Mechanical Vibration on General Health. . 6. Effects of WBV in Individuals with Diabetes and Diabetic Neuropathy. 7. Effects of Whole Body Vibration in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease. 8. Whole Body Vibration, Cognition and the Brain. 9. Effects of Whole Body Vibration in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome. 10. Effect of Mechanical Vibration on Bone Tissue.

O autorze

Prof. Redha Taiar, Ph.D. is a Professor at the University of Reims Champaign France. He is a specialist in Biomechanics of health disease and rehabilitation. His research focuses on engineering for medicine and high level sport. His specialties include fluid mechanics analysis, finite elements analysis, stress analysis, gait analysis, biomechanical modeling, biomaterials, posturography, mechanical loads acting on the skeletal system during physical exercise, and clinical applications of movement analysis. He is also Head of the Laboratory of Biomechanics at the University of Reims, Vice Head of the Department of Sport Science and has held the positon of Vice Head of the Congress of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Society (SOFMER) in Reims city.