Medial plantar nerve conduction velocities among patients with vibration syndrome due to chain-saw work

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 551-554

  Hirata, M ^a   Sakakibara, H ^b   Yamada, S ^b   Hashiguchi, T ^c   Toibana, N ^d   Koshiyama, H ^e   Hirano, H ^f  

^a OSAKA PREFECTURAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Kyushu Res Inst for Social Med   (Japan)

^d Tokushima Kensei Hospital   (Japan)

^e Kochi Seikyo Hospital   (Japan)

^f Koyo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chain saw operator; Medial plantar nerve; Sensory nerve conduction velocity; Vibration syndrome; Vibration induced white finger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAIN SAW OPERATOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATION SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TIBIAL NERVE; TIBIAL NEUROPATHY; VIBRATION;

EID: 0032740819     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050415     Document Type: Article

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