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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
4
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1987-8-28
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| pubmed:abstractText |
This cross-sectional study is based on interviews and medical examinations of 352 operators of earth-moving machines who had been exposed to whole-body vibrations for at least three years. In addition, available X-rays showing different parts of the spines of 251 machine operators who had been exposed to vibration for at least ten years were used for evaluation. One hundred and forty-nine of the operators were asked about discomfort occurring immediately after an eight-hour work shift. The group of exposed persons was compared with a control group of 215 non-exposed persons. The percentage of subjects reporting spinal discomfort was much higher for the exposed group than for the non-exposed group. 68.7% of the operators complained of spinal discomfort in the lumbar spine, 6.8% in the thoracic column and 18.2% in the cervical column. The discomfort reported immediately after an eight-hour exposure to whole-body vibration was highly age-dependent. The epidemiological study resulted in an objective conformation of the spinal discomfort reported, 2/3 of which were related by the operators to the lumbar syndrome. Lumbar syndrome (81%) accounted for by far the highest number of spinal disorders. Examinations of the operators with at least ten years of exposure to whole-body vibrations showed that morphological changes in the lumbar spine occur earlier and much more frequently than in the case of non-exposed persons. Problems of etiology and pathogenesis are discussed.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:issn |
0340-0131
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
59
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
323-36
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:3497111-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:3497111-Cross-Sectional Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:3497111-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:3497111-Man-Machine Systems,
pubmed-meshheading:3497111-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:3497111-Occupational Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:3497111-Spinal Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:3497111-Vibration
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| pubmed:year |
1987
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Whole-body vibration and disorders of the spine.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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