Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the following people for their help, without which this project would have never succeeded:

• Dr. Darren Stefanyshyn and Dave McDougall at the Human Performance Lab at the University of Calgary, for providing the equipment and facilities for our experiment.

• Dr. Subash Rakheja at Concordia University for providing us with information on how to reduce vibration in vehicles.

• William Sandberg of Gel Tec Products, for providing us samples of gel padding for use in our experiments and presentation.

• Mrs. Miller, Mr. Nickell and Mr. Wereley, for providing us with information and materials for our project.

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