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Measuring slipperiness : human locomotion and surface factors
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London : Taylor & Francis, 2003
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9780415298285
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In recent decades, injury has begun to gain prominence as a public health and societal problem. Slipperiness and slip, trip, and fall (STF) injuries are among the greatest obstacles to reducing the injury burden. One of the biggest challenges in STF is defining and measuring slipperiness. After over half a century of serious research on what slipperiness is and how it can be measured, rapid progress has been made in the decade of the 90s.

Measuring Slipperiness: Human Locomotion and Surface Factors provides an overview of basic concepts and definitions of terms related to the 'measurement of slipperiness' from the onset of a foot slide to a gradual loss of balance and a fall. The book includes expert group perspectives on human-centered (biomechanical, locomotive, perceptual, and cognitive), and surface-centered (roughness, friction) aspects and approaches. It addresses the injury burden of slipperiness, globally reviews existing slipmeters, and summarizes areas of consensus in the field of slipperiness measurement.

Perhaps the most comprehensive treatment of the subject ever compiled, the book contains contributions from North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania including the National Laboratories of Finland, France, the U.K., and the U.S. A valuable, state-of-the-art textbook, it provides students with a useful starting point for understanding the many aspects of STF.


Author Notes

Chang\, Wen-Ruey; Courtney\, Theodore K.; Grongvist\, Raoul; Redfern\, Mark


Table of Contents

R. Gronqvist and W.-R. Chang and T. K. Courtney and T. B. Leamon and M. S. Redfern and L. StrandbergT. K. Courtney and G. S. Sorock and D. P. Manning and J. W. Collins and M. A. Holbein-JennyM. S. Redfern and R. Cham and K. Gielo-Perczak and R. Gronqvist and M. Hirvonen and H. Lanshammar and M. Marpet and C. Y.-C. Pai and C. PowersR. Gronqvist and J. Abeysekera and G. Gard and S. M. Hsiang and T. B. Leamon and D. J. Newman and K. Gielo-Perczak and T. E. Lockhart and C. Y.-C. PaiW.-R. Chang and I.-J. Kim and D. P. Manning and Y. BunterngchitW.-R. Chang and R. Gronqvist and S. Leclercq and R. Myung and L. Makkonen and L. Strandberg and R. J. Brungraber and U. Mattke and S. C. ThorpeW.-R. Chang and R. Gronqvist and S. Leclercq and R. J. Brungraber and U. Mattke and L. Strandberg and S. C. Thorpe and R. Myung and L. Makkonen and T. K. CourtneyW.-R. Chang and T. K. Courtney and R. Gronqvist and M. Redfern
Prefacep. vii
Acknowledgementsp. ix
Forewordp. xi
1. Measurement of slipperiness: fundamental concepts and definitionsp. 1
2. Occupational slip, trip, and fall-related injuries--can the contribution of slipperiness be isolated?p. 17
3. Biomechanics of slipsp. 37
4. Human-centred approaches in slipperiness measurementp. 67
5. The role of surface roughness in the measurement of slipperinessp. 101
6. The role of friction in the measurement of slipperiness, Part 1: Friction mechanisms and definition of test conditionsp. 119
7. The role of friction in the measurement of slipperiness, Part 2: Survey of friction measurement devicesp. 135
8. Measuring slipperiness - discussions on the state of the art and future researchp. 165
Author indexp. 173
Subject indexp. 179