The Effect of Vibration Exposure
on Posterior Lower Limbs Skin
Temperature During
the Warm-up Process of Athletes
Daniel Vl˘ adaia, Adela Neam¸ tu Popescu, Steliana Stanciu, Dorin Simoiu,
and Liviu Bereteu
Abstract Warming up before physical activity is a stage of transition between rest
and effort, necessary to progressively move the joints, muscles, cardio-respiratory
system, and of course on the psyche. Over the last decade, numerous studies have
postulated that the whole-body vibration (WBV) exercise, for short periods of time,
could be used as a warm-up procedure. In this paper, it is looking at the dynamic
behavior of a viscoelastic model of posterior lower limbs muscle, an analysis of how
the energy dissipation takes place based on the model used, as well as the increase
in the limbs skin temperature thereof. Harmonic-type vibrations are generated by
a Power Plate that moves in a precisely controlled manner, producing comfortable
vibratory stimulus, constantly changed when passing from one motion to the next.
For temperature measurement of skin, a forward-looking infrared camera (FLIR)
also called thermal imaging camera or infrared thermograph is used. The temperature variation according to the frequency, amplitude and vibration exposure time is
analyzed.
D. Vl˘ adaia · A. N. Popescu · S. Stanciu · D. Simoiu · L. Bereteu (B)
Mechanics and Materials Strength Department, Politehnica University of Timi¸ soara, Bd. Mihai
Viteazul, Nr. 1, 300222 Timi¸ soara, Romania
e-mail: liviu.bereteu@upt.ro
D. Vl˘ adaia
e-mail: vladaiadaniel@gmail.com
A. N. Popescu
e-mail: adelaneamtu@yahoo.com
S. Stanciu
e-mail: stelly_nov@yahoo.com
D. Simoiu
e-mail: dorin.simoiu@upt.ro
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
N. Herisanu and V. Marinca (eds.), Acoustics and Vibration of Mechanical
Structures—AVMS 2019, Springer Proceedings in Physics 251,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54136-1_30
305
on Posterior Lower Limbs Skin
Temperature During
the Warm-up Process of Athletes
Daniel Vl˘ adaia, Adela Neam¸ tu Popescu, Steliana Stanciu, Dorin Simoiu,
and Liviu Bereteu
Abstract Warming up before physical activity is a stage of transition between rest
and effort, necessary to progressively move the joints, muscles, cardio-respiratory
system, and of course on the psyche. Over the last decade, numerous studies have
postulated that the whole-body vibration (WBV) exercise, for short periods of time,
could be used as a warm-up procedure. In this paper, it is looking at the dynamic
behavior of a viscoelastic model of posterior lower limbs muscle, an analysis of how
the energy dissipation takes place based on the model used, as well as the increase
in the limbs skin temperature thereof. Harmonic-type vibrations are generated by
a Power Plate that moves in a precisely controlled manner, producing comfortable
vibratory stimulus, constantly changed when passing from one motion to the next.
For temperature measurement of skin, a forward-looking infrared camera (FLIR)
also called thermal imaging camera or infrared thermograph is used. The temperature variation according to the frequency, amplitude and vibration exposure time is
analyzed.
D. Vl˘ adaia · A. N. Popescu · S. Stanciu · D. Simoiu · L. Bereteu (B)
Mechanics and Materials Strength Department, Politehnica University of Timi¸ soara, Bd. Mihai
Viteazul, Nr. 1, 300222 Timi¸ soara, Romania
e-mail: liviu.bereteu@upt.ro
D. Vl˘ adaia
e-mail: vladaiadaniel@gmail.com
A. N. Popescu
e-mail: adelaneamtu@yahoo.com
S. Stanciu
e-mail: stelly_nov@yahoo.com
D. Simoiu
e-mail: dorin.simoiu@upt.ro
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
N. Herisanu and V. Marinca (eds.), Acoustics and Vibration of Mechanical
Structures—AVMS 2019, Springer Proceedings in Physics 251,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54136-1_30
305