Open AccessReduction of Manipulative Dexterities and Activity of Daily Living in the Patients with Vibration Induced White Finger in Japanese Forestry
Author(s) -
Futatsuka Makoto,
Oka Tomoko
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of occupational health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 59
ISSN - 1348-9585
DOI - 10.1539/joh.47.82
Subject(s) - white (mutation) , medical school , public health , biomedical sciences , citation , medical education , library science , medicine , psychology , gerontology , nursing , biochemistry , chemistry , computer science , gene
The authors carried out more than 20 yr of follow up studies of vibration-induced white finger (VWF) from the time of cessation for the use of chainsaws. These results were presented at the 8th International Conference of Hand-Arm Vibration. It is not uncommon for vibration exposed workers to report difficulty in hand gripping, either due to reduced dexterity or reduced grip strength . With respect to manipulative dexterity impairment it seems that the muscular weakness may be partly due to a disturbance of the fine control of the hand muscles. The sensorineural staging includes this dysfunction for severe stage (3SN) proposed by Brammer et al.. Although there were a small number of observational studies which have indicated reduction of manipulative dexterities in the patients with VWF . It is important to evaluate and treat the patient with this problem from the view of the quality of life. The authors conducted the cross-sectional designed case-control study of the manipulative dexterities and activity of daily living on the basis of follow up studies among the VWF patients.