Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (한국산업보건학회지)

Korean Industrial Hygiene Association (한국산업보건학회)
권호 표지
DOI QR코드

DOI QR Code

Association between Vibration Exposure and Skeletal Muscle Mass Index in a Single University Hospital Health Check-up

일개 대학 병원 건강 검진 수검자에서 진동 노출과 골격근 지수의 관련성

  • Park, Young Sook (Department of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine) ;
  • Chae, Chang Ho (Department of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Samsung Changwon Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine)
  • 박영숙 (성균관대학교 삼성창원병원 재활의학과) ;
  • 채창호 (성균관대학교 삼성창원병원 직업환경의학과)
  • Received : 2020.07.09
  • Accepted : 2020.09.08
  • Published : 2020.09.30
Download PDF
⟨ Previous Next ⟩

Abstract

Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the association between vibration exposure and skeletal muscle mass index through a single university health check-up. Methods: We used data from 134,067 male subjects who received a general health check-up or vibration exposure health check-up out of the 1,515,322 people who underwent medical check-up at a local university hospital from 2002 to 2018. Pearson correlation analysis was conducted for comparing the association between skeletal muscle mass index and demographic and hematological variables in both groups. Mixed linear model analysis after controlling demographic and hematological variables was used to analyze the differences in skeletal muscle mass index between groups at every visit over 10 years. Results: In the Pearson correlation test, the variables that showed different results when comparing the two groups were C-reactive protein (p=0.001) and glycated hemoglobin (p=0.002) in the vibration exposure group and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (p<0.001) and vitamin D (p<0.001) in the general group. After the adjustment of demographic and hematologic variables, the skeletal muscle mass index at every visit was markedly decreased in the vibration exposure group (p<0.001). Conclusions: In the vibration exposure group, the skeletal muscle mass index showed a tendency to decrease markedly over time compared to the general health check-up group, which showed that C-reactive protein and glycated hemoglobin would have an influence on skeletal muscle index in male workers exposed to vibration.

Keywords

References

  1. Amjad-Sardrudi H, Dormohammadi A, Golmohammadi R, Poorolajal J. Effect of noise exposure on occupational injuries: A cross-sectional study. J Res Health Sci 2012;12(2):101-104
  2. Bae EJ, Kim YH. Factors affecting sarcopenia in korean adults by age groups. Osong Public Health Res Perspect 2017;8(3):169-178. https://doi.org/10.24171/j.phrp.2017.8.3.03
  3. Charles LE, Ma CC, Burchfiel CM, Dong RG. Vibration and ergonomic exposures associated with musculoskeletal disorders of the shoulder and neck. Saf Health Work 2018;9(2):125-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2017.10.003
  4. Hagberg M. Clinical assessment of musculoskeletal disorders in workers exposed to hand-arm vibration. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2002;75(1-2):97-105. https://doi.org/10.1007/ s004200100283
  5. Harada N, Mahbub MH. Diagnosis of vascular injuries caused by hand-transmitted vibration. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2008;81(5):507-518. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00420-007-0246-4
  6. Herrick AL. Pathogenesis of raynaud's phenomenon. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2005;44(5):587-596 https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keh552
  7. House R, Wills M, Liss G, Switzer-McIntyre S, Lander L, et al. The effect of hand-arm vibration syndrome on quality of life. Occup Med (Lond) 2014;64(2):133-135 https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqt167
  8. Janssen I, Heymsfield SB, Ross R. Low relative skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) in older persons is associated with functional impairment and physical disability. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002;50(5):889-896. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50216.x
  9. Lander L, Lou W, House R. Nerve conduction studies and current perception thresholds in workers assessed for hand-arm vibration syndrome. Occup Med (Lond) 2007;57(4):284-289 https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqm012
  10. Marcell TJ. Sarcopenia: Causes, consequences, and preventions. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2003;58(10):M911-916. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/58.10.M911
  11. Michalakis K, Goulis DG, Vazaiou A, Mintziori G, Polymeris A, et al. Obesity in the ageing man. Metabolism 2013;62(10):1341-1349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metabol.2013.05.019
  12. Moller N, Vendelbo MH, Kampmann U, Christensen B, Madsen M, et al. Growth hormone and protein metabolism. Clin Nutr2009;28(6):597-603. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2009.08.015
  13. Morabito M, Iannuccilli M, Crisci A, Capecchi V, Baldasseroni A, et al. Air temperature exposure and outdoor occupational injuries: A significant cold effect in central italy. Occup Environ Med 2014;71(10):713-716. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2014-102204
  14. Nilsson T, Wahlstrom J, Burstrom L. Hand-arm vibration and the risk of vascular and neurological diseases-a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2017;12(7):e0180795 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180795
  15. Pelmear PL, Taylor W. Hand-arm vibration syndrome. J Fam Pract 1994;38(2):180-185
  16. Sim JM, Jeon HG, Lee KC. Comparative analysis of the effect of physical activity and stress experience on the vitamin d deficiency according to occupations: Results from knhanes dataset for 2008-2013. The Journal of the Korea Contents Association 2015;15(8):505-518 https://doi.org/10.5392/JKCA.2015.15.08.505
  17. Thonnard JL, Masset D, Penta M, Piette A, Malchaire J. Short-term effect of hand-arm vibration exposure on tactile sensitivity and manual skill. Scand J Work Environ Health 1997;23(3):193-198. https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.198
  18. Visser M, Deeg DJ, Lips P, Longitudinal Aging Study A. Low vitamin d and high parathyroid hormone levels as determinants of loss of muscle strength and muscle mass (sarcopenia): The longitudinal aging study amsterdam. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003;88(12):5766-5772. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2003-030604
  19. Volpi E, Kobayashi H, Sheffield-Moore M, Mittendorfer B, Wolfe RR. Essential amino acids are primarily responsible for the amino acid stimulation of muscle protein anabolism in healthy elderly adults. Am J Clin Nutr 2003;78(2):250-258. https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/78.2.250
  20. Volpi E, Mittendorfer B, Rasmussen BB, Wolfe RR. The response of muscle protein anabolism to combined hyperaminoacidemia and glucose-induced hyperinsulinemia is impaired in the elderly. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2000;85(12):4481-4490. https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem.85.12.7021