Open AccessSeven-year follow-up of white-finger symptoms and radiographic wrist findings in lumberjacks and referents.
Author(s) -
Jukka Kivekäs,
Hilkka Riihimäki,
Kaj Husman,
K Hänninen,
Hannu Härkönen,
Timo Kuusela,
M. Pekkarinen,
S Tola,
AJ Zitting
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1425
Subject(s) - medicine , wrist , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , radiography , physical therapy , surgery , physics , optics
In 1978, a cross-sectional study of 279 lumberjacks exposed to hand-arm vibration and 178 unexposed referents was conducted. The aim of the present study was to provide a seven-year follow-up on (i) the changes in the white-finger symptoms among the lumberjacks and the referents, (ii) the effect of white-finger symptoms on the professional prognosis of the lumberjacks, and (iii) the relationship between hand-arm vibration and changes in wrist bones.