Shock treatment
13th June 1991, Page 28
13th June 1991
Page 28
Page 28, 13th June 1991
— Shock treatment
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octors in the US have come up with a novel way of tackling that most common of truck drivers' malaises — back pain. American journal Transport Topics reports that truckers recovering from back injuries at a centre for industrial rehabilitation are sat in a specially rigged-up 1978 Kenworth cab. It vibrates and bounces as if it were on the road and the truckers are checked to measure their progess.