Effects of elastic compression sleeves on the biodynamic response to external vibration of the hand-arm system

The scope of this study was to determine the effects of elastic compression sleeves on the biodynamic response of the hand-arm system by means of determination of vibration transmission. Three female and five male subjects were exposed to six different vibration treatments. The treatments had fixed amplitudes (0.45 mm) and grip strengths (60 % of maximum gripping strength) but differed in frequencies (10 Hz, 25 Hz, 40 Hz) and arm compression conditions (sleeve with compression class 2 (3.1-4.3 KPa), no compression sleeve). The vibration transmissibility between both compression conditions was not significantly different. (C) 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Open access under CC BY-NC-ND license.