| Document ID (ISN) | 37504 |
| CIS number |
82-667 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0047-1879 - Japanese Journal of Industrial Health - Sangyō-Igaku |
| Year |
1981 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Matsumoto T., Yokomori M., Harada N. |
| Title |
Mailmen's vibration hazards induced by motorcycle riding |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1981, Vol.23, No.5, p.485-495. 42 ref. |
| Abstract |
The subjective complaints, health status and number of working hours outdoors were studied in groups of postoffice workers required to ride motorcycles, motorcycles and bicycles, and only bicycles in the course of their work. Complaints of numbness and coldness in fingers and hands were higher in motorcycle riders than in bicycle riders. Physical examinations of the peripheral blood circulatory system and the peripheral nervous system, made using tests of finger skin temperature, nail press, vibratory sense threshold and pain sense threshold, showed statistically significant differences between 100 motorcycle riders and 20 control bicycle riders. Motorcycle riders were exposed to vibration at acceleration levels often in excess of ISO guidelines at the handle bars, for ≥ 2h/day. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
vibration; postal services; motorcycles; vibration disease |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
Raynaud's phenomenon; exposure evaluation; fingers; hand |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Noise, hearing and vibration
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Communications industry
Vibration
Road transportation
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