Open AccessDeficiencies of the Stockholm vascular grading scale for hand-arm vibration
Author(s) -
Keith T Palmer,
DN Coggon
Publication year - 1997
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.266
Subject(s) - grading (engineering) , grading scale , medicine , blanching , scale (ratio) , physical therapy , surgery , engineering , geography , cartography , chemistry , civil engineering , food science
The internationally accepted Stockholm vascular grading scale for vibration white finger (VWF) has shortcomings that have received insufficient attention: some of its key descriptors require further definition and, more crucially, the scale does not suit all possible patterns of symptoms. To determine whether these shortcomings matter in practice, an attempt was made to apply the Stockholm vascular scale to 92 consecutive cases of VWF assessed by one area office of the Health and Safety Executive in the United Kingdom.