Biomedical Science Letters (대한의생명과학회지)
- Volume 11 Issue 2
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- Pages.193-199
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- 2005
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- 1738-3226(pISSN)
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- 2288-7415(eISSN)
Segmental Sensory Nerve Conduction Study in Vibration Exposed Subjects
- Kim Mi-Jung (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering Inje University) ;
- Yoon Cheol-In (Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, College of Medicine, Ulsan University) ;
- Choi Hyun-Ju (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Biomedical Science and Engineering Inje University)
- Published : 2005.06.01
Abstract
The present study was performed to assess peripheral neural involvement by exposure to hand-arm vibration. Segmental sensory nerve conduction in the median and ulnar nerves were measured in shipyard workers exposed to vibration. The subjects were 47 male adults exposed to hand-arm vibration and 7 healthy male controls. The subjects underwent an extensive bilateral neurophysiological examination. Sensory compound nerve action potential (SNAP) of the median and ulnar nerves in palm-finger and wrist-palm segments were measured by antidromic method. And SNAP of the median and ulnar nerves in wrist-proximal finger and wrist-distal finger segments were measured by orthodromic method. Result of sensory nerve conduction study was abnormal in 31 patients
Keywords
- Hand-arm vibration;
- Segmental sensory nerve conduction study;
- Carpal tunnel syndrome;
- Distal sensory neuropathy;
- Multifocal neural conduction