PMID: 11898869Mar 20, 2002Paper

Measurement of manipulative dexterity in patients with hand-arm vibration syndrome

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health
N ToibanaH Sakakibara

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to assess quantitative measurements of the manipulative dexterity of patients suffering from hand-transmitted vibration disorder, and to investigate a possible link with impaired tactile perception in their hands. The subjects were 30 patients with hand-arm vibration syndrome, 30 office workers and 20 manual laborers of similar ages. Manipulative dexterity was assessed by measuring the performance time of buttoning-unbuttoning a work jacket with five buttons and of picking up and transferring 30 red beans, one by one, with the fingers from one plate to another. Patients were also examined on vibrotactile thresholds at 125 Hz as well as pain thresholds. The buttoning-unbuttoning time and the bean transfer time were significantly prolonged in the patients compared with the worker groups. The patients showed a close correlation between the buttoning-unbuttoning time and the bean transfer time. Performance times did not differ between patients with vibration-induced white finger and those without it. Those times also correlated with the vibrotactile and pain thresholds in the patients. When a cut-off value was set at 2 SDs from the mean performance times of the manual laborers, exceeding the cut-off val...Continue Reading

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Aug 17, 2005·Industrial Health·Hisataka SakakibaraNorikuni Toibana
Mar 12, 2008·International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health·Mamoru Hirata, Hisataka Sakakibara
Sep 28, 2007·International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health·Francesca RuiMassimo Bovenzi
Nov 23, 2016·Psychological Science·Laura E Thomas
Aug 21, 2021·Vibration·Ren G DongKristine Krajnak

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