Impact of Vibroacoustic Climate on Driver's Postural Stability for Eyes Closed in Driver's Cabin

• Authors: Z. Damijan , S. Skrzyniarz , J. Kwaśniewski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Several levels of the nervous system are responsible for stability of the vertical position in humans. Three basic inputs are involved: atrial, visual and proprioceptive as well as mechanoreceptors present in the skin. Signals from these inputs control the body posture and its orientation with respect to internal and external reference systems. External systems are formed based on the gravitation field and visual stimuli. Internal systems are generated in the central nervous system by polymodal representations, also referred to as body schema. Some of environmental factors of driver's work place could disturb postural stability. Almost all vehicles are according with actual norms and directives. We investigate how normal week of work has impact on postural stability in new city buses. We concentrate on postural stability for closed eyes. In this paper results of investigation were presented.

Keywords

EN

89.40.-a; 07.10.-h; 46.32.+x; 87.50.Y-

Discipline

• 46.32.+x: Static buckling and instability
• 07.10.-h: Mechanical instruments and equipment
• 89.40.-a: Transportation
• 87.50.Y-: Biological effects of acoustic and ultrasonic energy

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 119
• Issue: 6A
• Pages: 1073-1076

Dates

published

2011-06

Contributors

author

Z. Damijan

• Department of Mechanics and Vibroacoustics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

author

S. Skrzyniarz

• Department of Process Control, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

author

J. Kwaśniewski

• Department of Process Control, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, AGH University of Science and Technology, al. A. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.119.1073