The ability of a foam-padded and air-bladder glove to significantly
attenuate hand-arm vibration compared to an individual's bare hands (after the
effect of adipose content of the distal upper extremity had been removed) was
studied. Subjects consisted of 3 male and 8 female university students' aged 20
to 22 years. After the effect of adipose content of the distal upper extremity
was removed, the effect of the gloves on transmissibility was significant with
F
$_{2,959}$
= 5.27, p<0.000. The effect of the frequencies
was significant with F
$_{31,959}$
= 8.80, p<0.000. There was
no significant interaction between the gloves and frequencies on
transmissibility with F
$_{62,959}$
= 0.22, p = 1.000. Post-hoc
analysis revealed that there was a significant difference was between bare hand
and foam-padded glove conditions, F
$_{1,1052}$
= 8.13, p =
0.004, where foam-padded gloves had significantly greater transmissibility.
Post-hoc analysis of the frequencies indicated that there were significant
differences between frequencies at with the highest transmissibility occurring
at 100 Hz.
