Hand-Arm Vibration

Draws together information from a wide range of fields on potentially crippling hand-arm vibration, which jeopardizes the health and employment of workers in such fields as public utilities (jack-hammer users), manufacturing, construction, mining, forestry, and agriculture. Among the topics are path

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According to estimates, hand-arm vibration jeopardizes the health and future employability of at least two million workers in the USA alone. A broad-based approach to the problem is needed because an accurate evaluation of the health effects of hand-arm vibration involves engineering, medicine, physiology, epidemiology, mathematics and statistics. This volume provides the necessary multidisciplinary approach, helping to close current gaps in the understanding of such critical areas as hand-arm vibration generation, transmission and control; the basic physiological response of the blood vessels, nerves and musculoskeletal tissues to hand-arm vibration stimuli; and dose-response relationships. The book covers the health effects of hand-arm vibration, including pathophysiology and epidemiology; treatment and management; basic principles and measurement; hand-arm vibration standards and guidelines; and legal compensation.