School staff
Dr Neil Mansfield
Associate Dean ( Research )
Tel +44 (0)1509 228483
Email N.J.Mansfield@lboro.ac.uk
Location LDS 2.16
Personal profile
Neil received his PhD from the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton on human vibration biomechanics.
Before coming to Loughborough he worked at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life, Umea, Sweden.
Research
Research Group: Environmental Ergonomics.
Interests
Human response to vibration and noise, and physical ergonomics.
Current research
- HAVTEC: Hand-arm vibration test centre, reducing risks in construction.
- CIRCIS: Collaboration in research, teaching in noise and vibration in India and Europe. Activity interference on trains.
- Efficacy of vibration therapies at reducing fall risk amongst vulnerable groups.
- Combined risk factors of poor postures and whole-body vibration.
- Long-term vibration discomfort. Multi-axis vibration assessment.
Featured publications
Mansfield NJ (2005) Human Response to Vibration. CRC Press, Boca Raton. ISBN 0-415-28239-X.
Rimell AN, Mansfield NJ and Hands D (2007) The influence of content, task and sensory interaction on multimedia quality perception. Ergonomics (accepted for publication).
Mansfield NJ, Holmlund P, Lundström R, Lenzuni P, Nataletti P (2006) Effect of vibration magnitude, vibration spectrum and muscle tension on apparent mass and cross axis transfer functions during whole-body vibration exposure. Journal of Biomechanics 39(16), 3062-3070.
Mansfield NJ and Maeda S (2007) The apparent mass of the seated human exposed to single-axis and multi-axis whole-body vibration. Journal of Biomechanics 40(11), 2543-2551.
Mansfield NJ and Maeda S (2005) Equal sensation curves for whole-body vibration expressed as a function of driving force. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 117(6) 3853-3859.
Roberts JR, Jones R, Mansfield NJ and Rothberg S (2005) Evaluation of impact sound on the 'feel' of a golf shot. Journal of Sound and Vibration 287, 651-666.