Sensorineural objective tests in the assessment of hand-arm vibration syndrome.
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Sensorineural objective tests in the assessment of hand-arm vibration syndrome.
Assessment (staging) of workers exposed to vibration, based solely on a subjective history, has been shown to be unsatisfactory. The internationally agreed use of a sensorineural component in the Stockholm classification requires the use of sensory objective tests. Four hundred and twenty two subjects were assessed by a subjective history supplemented by multiple objective tests. These tests co...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1994
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.51.1.57