Standing people are exposed to whole-body vibration in many environments. This paper investigates the effects of horizontal whole-body vibration and standing posture on task performance. Sixteen participants were exposed to random vibration (up to 4Hz), whilst performing a timed pegboard task in two standing postures. Objective and subjective indicators of performance were used. Time taken to complete the task increased progressively with increases in vibration magnitude; the fore-and-aft posture generally showed greater performance decrements and postural interruptions (>1.0ms -2 r.m.s.) than the lateral. For both postures, performance was better during yaxis vibration than during x-axis vibration. Subjective ratings showed similar trends to time data. Impairments due to dual axis exposure were well predicted using r.s.s.summation calculations based on single axis components. These results indicate that best performance for those standing in moving environments will be achieved if individuals adopt a lateral posture with the most severe vibration in the y-axis.2 Statement of relevancePeople have a need to work during transportation either working for the transport provider or as a passenger. All modes of transport result in travellers being exposed to horizontal motion. This study demonstrates that task disturbance is affected by the orientation of the standing person to the vibration and therefore vehicle layouts can be optimised.
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