Vibration syndrome diagnosis using a cooling test verified by computerized photoplethysmography

Physiological Measurement
Andrzej Dyszkiewicz, Michał Tendera

Abstract

This study addresses the problem of vibration syndrome diagnosis by means of a cooling test verified by photoplethysmography. Measurement was taken on a small area on the fingertip plexus in which many arterio-venous anastomoses are present. In the opinion of many authors, flow disorders in this area are more typical for developing vibration syndrome than changes in the micro vessels. The study group comprised 128 subjects (58 women aged 40.9 +/- 5.4 years and 70 men aged 38.7 +/- 8.8 years) exposed to vibration. The control group consisted of 41 people (20 women aged 39.6 +/- 7.3 years and 21 men aged 39.3 +/- 6.4 years) who were not exposed to vibration. The patients were examined by a questionnaire and then a vibration perception threshold test and a cooling test were performed. The cooling test was verified both visually and using the computer method. Measurement data (S1, S2 and A) for each patient were obtained from averaging three pulse graphs. We departed from an average of 60 graphs (and more), the standard established in the literature, because of the cooling test specification, which causes huge thermodynamic parameter changeability in the plexus mass of the small finger under pulse waves coming one after another. A ...Continue Reading

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