| Document ID (ISN) | 100395 |
| CIS number |
02-1420 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0829-0369 - Travail et santé |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Boileau P.E. |
| Title |
Whole-body vibration exposure and its role in the aetiology of backache |
| Original title |
L'exposition à des vibrations globales du corps et son rôle dans l'étiologie des maux de dos [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 2002, Vol.18, No.1, p.31-35. 18 réf. |
| Abstract |
This article presents an updated review of published syntheses of epidemiological studies that attempt to establish the relationship between whole-body vibration exposure and the occurrence of low back pain and spinal disorders. The problems associated with the identification of a dose-response relationship are discussed and the vibration exposure limits or reference values adopted in several countries are presented and compared with those originating from a European Union Directive currently under discussion regarding the health hazards associated with exposure to physical agents. Finally, the criteria applied in countries such as Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and France for the recognition of spinal disorders as an occupational disease resulting from whole-body vibration exposure are presented and compared on the basis of a case study involving a woman forklift truck driver. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
whole-body vibration; dose-response relationship; backache |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
literature survey; directive; compensation of occupational diseases; Netherlands; Belgium; Germany; France; European Communities; aetiology; drivers; fork-lift trucks; lumbar column; epidemiologic study; women; threshold limit values |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Canada |
| Subject(s) |
Noise, hearing and vibration
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Vibration
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
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