Peripheral blood circulation under the influence of occupational exposure to hand-transmitted vibration.

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• Personal Author:
  Koradecka D
• Description:
  A study was made of peripheral blood circulation under the influence of occupational exposure to hand transmitted vibration. Changes in skin blood circulation in human subjects were examined by occlusive plethysmography, rheography, thermometry, sphygmography, and capillaroscopy. Decrease of skin blood flow in fingers to 6.3 milligrams per 100 grams of tissue per minute, an increase in peripheral resistance, and a drop of skin temperature were observed. This confirmed an observed increase in skin arterioles tonus. Also observed was an increase of rheographic quotient by 50 percent, and the basic time of the pulse wave was prolonged by 27 percent. Also observed was a drop of pulse wave velocity by 10 percent, indicated by a lowering of tonus of the muscular and elastic vessels. During functional thermal testing, the controls reacted by opposing changes in cutaneous and muscular circulation; the vibration exposed group did not show this reaction. Disorders of thermoregulating function of skin circulation seem to be the cause of vibration disease. Changes observed increased with work duration, but individual sensitivity is decisive. The manner of work and of using the tool modifies the effects of exposure. Higher values of threshold of vibration sensitivity in women indicate the importance of sex differences.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Cumulative Trauma Disorders Epidemiology Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Cardiovascular-system-disorders Construction-Search Dead-finger Nervous-system-disorders Physiological-response Raynauds-phenomenon Sensory-perceptual-processes Sex-factors Shaking Torsional-vibration Vibration Vibration-perception

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• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference/Symposia Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  21-36
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00074673
• Citation:
  Proceedings of the international occupational hand-arm vibration conference, October 28-31, 1975, Cincinnati, Ohio. Wasserman DE, Taylor W, Curry MG, eds. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 77-170, 1977 Apr; :21-36
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1977
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:770fbc76d2a539112464fe4121aeb4b61d7e4fb3159cc7e8f1b68c4c5bcf7e0584f53ef9641663a7b0b50432f6e712abbf2e875fedca829c3be5b6c47d062d32
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/178853/cdc_178853_DS1.pdf
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