Neurological Impairment from Hand–Arm Vibration Exposure

Oscar Lundberg; Ing-Liss Bryngelsson; Per Vihlborg

doi:10.3390/proceedings2023086037

Proceedings (Apr 2023)

Neurological Impairment from Hand–Arm Vibration Exposure

Oscar Lundberg,
Ing-Liss Bryngelsson,
Per Vihlborg

Affiliations

Oscar Lundberg: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, SE 70182 Örebro, Sweden
Ing-Liss Bryngelsson: Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, SE 70182 Örebro, Sweden
Per Vihlborg: Department of Geriatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, SE 70182 Örebro, Sweden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2023086037
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 86, no. 1
p. 37

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The aim of this study is to investigate symtom of neurological impairment from occupational hand-arm vibration using a job exposure matrix. The result shows that paresthesia are significantly higher amongst individuals with a cumulative occupational vibration exposure over 9.08 m/s2.

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ISSN: 2504-3900 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: General Works
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