Normal nerve conduction velocity and vibrotactile perception thresholds in computer users

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-242

  Sandén, Helena ^a   Edblom, Micael ^b   Ekman, Anna ^a   Tenenbaum, Artur ^c   Wallin, B Gunnar ^a   Hagberg, Mats ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Keyboard; Median nerve; Occupational disease; Ulnar nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; NERVE CONDUCTION; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RADIAL NERVE; SENSORY EVALUATION; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SKIN NERVE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION SENSE;

ADULT; AGED; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TOUCH; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION;

EID: 23844515767     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0606-x     Document Type: Article

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