Frequency-dependent effects of vibration on physiological systems: experiments with animals and other human surrogates

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• Personal Author:
  Dong, Ren G. ; Krajnak, Kristine M. ; McDowell, Thomas W. ; Riley, Danny A. ; Welcome DE ; Wu J ; Xu XS
• Description:
  Occupational exposure to vibration through the use of power- and pneumatic hand-tools results in cold-induced vasospasms, finger blanching, and alterations in sensorineural function. Collectively, these symptoms are referred to as hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). Currently the International Standards Organization (ISO) standard ISO 5349-1 contains a frequency-weighting curve to help workers and employers predict the risk of developing HAVS with exposure to vibration of different frequencies. However, recent epidemiological and experimental evidence suggests that this curve under-represents the risk of injuries to the hands and fingers induced by exposure to vibration at higher frequencies (>100 Hz). To improve the curve, better exposure-response data need to be collected. The goal of this review is to summarize the results of animal and computational modeling studies that have examined the frequency-dependent effects of vibration, and discuss where additional research would be beneficial to fill these research gaps. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Epidemiology Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome Comuptational Models Exposure-levels Frequency Hand-tools Injuries Power-tools Rat Models Risk-factors Sensorineural Dysfunction Statistical-analysis Vascular Dysfunction Vibration-disease Vibration-effects Vibration-exposure Workers

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• ISSN:
  0019-8366
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  343-353
• Volume:
  50
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041678
• Citation:
  Ind Health 2012 Sep; 50(5):343-353
• Email:
  kkrajnak@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction
• Performing Organization:
  Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  19990901
• Source Full Name:
  Industrial Health
• End Date:
  20160831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c075e21e4a9eee13248e507bf05d799093b6cf7a4e022231e761a876abe42bdd01d2dd419724d3473aeeec3a121bd094a2e5cd2aeae0fb86d1f9b9adedc21e1
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194172/cdc_194172_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 2.55 MB ]