Upper extremity disability in workers with hand-arm vibration syndrome

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-173

  House, Ron ^a,b   Wills, Michael ^b   Liss, Gary ^a   Switzer McIntyre, Sharon ^a   Manno, Michael ^a,b   Lander, Lina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DASH questionnaire; Disability; Hand arm vibration; HAVS; Musculoskeletal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HAND ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 65549092405     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp016     Document Type: Article

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