[Evaluation of human strain during interrupted exposure to vibration (author's transl)]

The psychophysical reactions to stochastic vibrations transmitted in vertical direction to sitting man are investigated in simulated experiments under laboratory conditions. In the framework of an appropriate concept of assessment, indicators related to bottleneck situations in functional systems of the organism for activity and strain measurements allow the evaluation of the recreation efficiency of interruptions in exposure time. The special meaning of the distribution and thus the frequency rate of the interruptions can be illustrated particularly by the variance in time of the strain processes of selected muscles. Between the degree of muscle fatigue and the period of uninterrupted exposure time (expressed in "exposition-interruption-distribution") a significant correlation results so that numerous interruptions of vibration exposure should be considered as a profitable guideline for work design with respect to ergonomics.