Effects of occupational use of vibrating tools in the autonomic, central and peripheral nervous system

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 94-100

  Murata, Katsuyuki ^a   Araki, Shunichi ^a   Okajima, Fumika ^a   Nakao, Mutsuhiro ^a   Suwa, Kaname ^b   Matsunaga, Chiaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Saitama Industrial Health Centre   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system effects; Heart rate variability; Nerve conduction; Somatosensory evoked potential; Vibrating tool operation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; RADIAL NERVE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RR INTERVAL; SUMMER; SYMPATHETIC TONE; VIBRATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VIBRATION;

DROSOPHILA C VIRUS;

EID: 0030869414     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050192     Document Type: Article

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