| Document ID (ISN) | 106916 |
| CIS number |
07-963 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
2004 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Overgaard E., Brandt L.P.A., Ellemann K., Mikkelsen S., Andersen J.H. |
| Title |
Tingling/numbness in the hands of computer users: Neurophysiological findings from the NUDATA study |
| Bibliographic information |
Oct. 2004, Vol.77, No.7, p.521-525. 22 ref. |
| Internet access |
http://www.springerlink.com/content/1emu33p6dwenvfhr/fulltext.pdf [in English]
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| Abstract |
The NUDATA (neck and upper extremity disorders among technical assistants) study is a one-year prospective cohort study of musculoskeletal disorders among computer users in Denmark. Within the NUDATA study, an investigation was carried out to determine whether tingling/numbness of the hands was associated with elevated vibration threshold as a sign of early nerve compression. Vibratory sensory testing with monitoring of the digital vibration detection threshold was performed on 20 cases with unilateral tingling and numbness in the hands and fingers, and 20 gender- and age-matched controls. The two groups had a similar amount of work with mouse and keyboard. The results show that tingling and numbness of the hands and fingers among computer users cannot be explained by nerve compression. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
office work; upper extremity disorders; man-computer interfaces; paraesthesia |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
nervous function tests; vibration perception threshold; Denmark; cohort study; questionnaire survey; case-control study; fingers |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Denmark |
| Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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| Browse category(ies) |
Office work
Diseases of other sense organs (other than the eye and the ears)
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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