| Document ID (ISN) | 76658 |
| CIS number |
01-858 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0025-7818 - Medicina del lavoro |
| Year |
2000 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Todaro A., Tomasini M., Di Carlo D., Consonni D., Mariani E. |
| Title |
Disorders of the peripheral nervous system due to vibrating instruments: Clinical and diagnostic study of a group of symptomatic subjects |
| Original title |
Neuropatia da strumenti vibranti: studio clinico-diagnostico in un gruppo di soggetti sintomatici [in Italian] |
| Bibliographic information |
May-June 2000, Vol.91, No.3, p.217-225. 25 ref. |
| Abstract |
To evaluate the risk of hand-arm vibration exposure and associated disorders of the peripheral nervous system, 40 male subjects with exposure for more than five years and nervous symptoms of the hands for more than one year were studied, together with two control groups of non-symptomatic non-exposed subjects. An electroneurophysiological study of the exposed subjects revealed 18 nerve conduction speed changes (12 median nerve, 4 ulnar nerve, 2 median and ulnar nerve), most of which were sensitivity-motor changes; only 9 carpal tunnel syndromes were diagnosed. Some statistically significant differences between exposed subjects with negative results of the electroneurophysiological study and non-exposed subjects were observed. Prolonged vibration exposure seems to induce a hand-arm nerve suffering, initially with a progressive nerve conduction speed change and non-specific symptoms, but subsequently a peripheral nervous system disorder associated or not to a carpal tunnel syndrome may occur. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
vibrating tools; diseases of peripheral nervous system; hand-arm vibration |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
nervous function tests; carpal-tunnel syndrome; sensorimotor activities; nervous conduction; case-control study |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Italy |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
Hand and portable tools
Vibration
Diseases of the nervous system
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