Validation of the ACGIH TLV for hand activity level in the OCTOPUS cohort: A two-year longitudinal study of carpal tunnel syndrome

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-163

  Bonfiglioli, Roberta ^a   Mattioli, Stefano ^a   Armstrong, Thomas J ^b   Graziosi, Francesca ^a   Marinelli, Francesco ^a   Farioli, Andrea ^a   Violante, Francesco S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

American conference of governmental industrial hygienists; Biomechanical overload; CTS; Hand force; Industrial worker; MSD; Musculoskeletal disorder; Occupational exposure; Repetition

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH RISK; HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; WOMENS HEALTH; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ACTIVITY LEVEL; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMALIZED PEAK FORCE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84874678313     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3312     Document Type: Article

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