Measure of vibration protection effect of driver's corset and analysis of its biomechanical effect

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the vibration protection and biomechanical effect of driver's corset. The frequencies of vertical and horizontal vibrations were measured at low back of driver. The vehicle driven was ISUZU truck (loading capacity 8 tons). Vibration of the driver's lumbar back was measured real time with wear corset and without wear corset when the truck loaded with 6 tons was driven at the spead of ten, thirty and sixty kilometers an hour on the asphalt road. The results showed: (1) Vibration frequencies at driver's low back was under 10Hz. It is a low frequency vibration. (2) The value of vertical vibration was higher than the value of horizontal (back and forth) vibration. (3) The vibration value of wear corset was higher than un-wear corset. These indicate the driver's corset is effective for protecting lumbar spine by means of change in the biomechanical characteristics and the resonace requencies of lumbar spine. So the driver's corset is one of the good methods for preventing the back pain of drivers.