Vibrotactile Sensitivity of the Human Hand's Glabrous Skin
- 1 June 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Low Frequency Noise, Vibration and Active Control
- Vol. 3 (2) , 88-95
- https://doi.org/10.1177/026309238400300202
Abstract
Vibrotactile thresholds have been measured on 15 different test points on the glabrous part of the human hand within the frequency range of 25–1000 Hz. The experiments were carried out on three male and three female subjects, aged between 30 to 39 years. For all points tested typical U-shaped threshold graphs were obtained. The lowest thresholds, approximately 115 dB (re. 1 nm/s) were measured in the region of 250–300 Hz. Only small differences in sensitivity were seen between points tested.This publication has 17 references indexed in Scilit:
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