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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 17.
Published in final edited form as: Occup Ergon. 2016;13(1):23–44. doi: 10.3233/OER-160235

Table 5.

Effectiveness of the gloves on tools/workpieces with the dominant vibration in shear direction or with the vibration distributed over the three orthogonal directions (hand-held workpiece). Tool accelerations in m/s2; Transmissibilities are unit less

Unweighted
Weighted
Unweighted
Weighted
Ay Axz At Ay Axz At Ay Axz At Ay Axz At
Stone hammer – chisel Stone hammer – handle
m/s2 217.55 120.82 248.84 17.35 8.46 19.31 60.01 173.69 183.77 9.90 18.88 21.31
Fingertip Ty Txz Txzy Ty Txz Txzy Ty Txz Txzy Ty Txz Txzy
Gel 1.25 0.98 1.19 1.17 1.03 1.14 1.03 1.02 1.02 1.11 1.05 1.06
Air Bladder 1.46 1.04 1.38 1.18 1.06 1.16 1.13 1.07 1.07 1.04 1.06 1.06
Air Bubble 1.24 0.89 1.17 1.12 1.00 1.10 1.09 0.97 0.99 1.07 1.05 1.06
Neoprene 0.95 0.64 0.89 1.10 1.02 1.09 1.06 0.83 0.85 1.18 1.10 1.12
Proximal
Gel 1.23 1.13 1.21 1.13 0.98 1.10 1.19 1.02 1.04 1.06 0.86 0.91
Air Bladder 1.01 0.97 1.00 1.08 0.92 1.05 1.07 0.91 0.93 1.11 0.86 0.92
Air Bubble 0.97 1.12 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.01 1.02 1.13 1.12 1.06 0.94 0.97
Neoprene 0.95 1.03 0.97 1.06 1.01 1.05 1.07 1.09 1.09 1.14 0.98 1.01
Golf club head – grinding process Needle scaler
m/s2 14.77 19.89 24.79 1.04 2.37 2.59 73.16 41.22 83.97 11.38 3.45 11.89
Fingertip Ty Txz Txzy Ty Txz Txzy Ty Txz Txzy Ty Txz Txzy
Gel 1.17 0.99 1.05 1.11 1.06 1.07 1.16 1.01 1.13 1.20 1.04 1.19
Air Bladder 1.63 1.04 1.27 1.21 1.06 1.09 1.27 1.06 1.22 1.07 1.06 1.07
Air Bubble 1.28 0.95 1.07 1.12 1.11 1.12 1.12 0.93 1.07 1.06 1.00 1.06
Neoprene 0.94 0.80 0.86 1.08 1.18 1.16 1.13 0.74 1.05 1.27 1.04 1.25
Proximal
Gel 1.14 1.05 1.07 1.01 0.78 0.82 1.18 1.09 1.16 1.14 0.98 1.13
Air Bladder 0.89 0.92 0.91 1.03 0.80 0.84 1.08 0.94 1.05 1.16 0.94 1.14
Air Bubble 1.02 1.01 1.01 1.01 0.75 0.79 1.04 1.13 1.06 1.07 1.03 1.06
Neoprene 0.95 0.94 0.94 1.03 0.83 0.86 1.04 1.07 1.05 1.10 1.03 1.10
Steel Bucking Bar B Tungsten Bucking Bar E
m/s2 79.94 35.33 87.40 12.07 8.67 14.86 27.09 13.42 30.23 5.17 3.96 6.51
Fingertip Ty Txz Txzy Ty Txz Txzy Ty Txz Txzy Ty Txz Txzy
Gel 1.14 1.02 1.12 1.08 1.04 1.06 1.14 1.02 1.11 1.06 1.04 1.05
Air Bladder 1.47 1.05 1.41 1.05 1.03 1.04 1.41 1.05 1.34 1.03 1.03 1.03
Air Bubble 1.21 0.98 1.18 1.05 1.05 1.05 1.19 1.00 1.16 1.03 1.05 1.04
Neoprene 0.98 0.96 0.98 1.12 1.12 1.12 1.01 1.02 1.01 1.09 1.13 1.11
Proximal
Gel 1.16 1.03 1.14 1.00 0.90 0.97 1.16 0.99 1.13 1.00 0.89 0.96
Air Bladder 0.96 0.94 0.96 1.06 0.92 1.02 0.99 0.93 0.98 1.04 0.91 1.00
Air Bubble 1.01 1.05 1.01 0.98 0.87 0.94 1.00 1.00 1.00 0.98 0.86 0.94
Neoprene 0.98 1.03 0.99 1.05 0.92 1.01 0.99 1.00 1.00 1.04 0.91 0.99