Vibration-induced white fingers and manipulative dexterity

Effects of horizontal whole-body vibration and standing posture on activity interference

“…Manual dexterity tests have only been used to study the after-effects of short and long duration vibration exposures (Banister andSmith, 1972 andMalchaire et al, 1998) with tracking tasks and reaction tests predominantly used to determine the effects of vibration on task performance (Lewis and Griffin, 1972) . This paper reports a study designed to investigate the effects of whole-body vibration on the performance of a discrete manual control task and to identify any postural effects based on two standing postures.…”

A decrease in the prevalence and severity of vibration-induced white fingers among lumberjacks in Finland.

“…Symptoms have also been reported in peripheral nerves (13,24) and in muscles (4,29) of hands and arms. These symptoms are included in the disease entity known as the vibration syndrome.…”

Reduction of Manipulative Dexterities and Activity of Daily Living in the Patients with Vibration Induced White Finger in Japanese Forestry

“…Manipulative dexterities consist of 10 items of hands or fingers and 9 items of wrist arm joint, legs and waists for subjective evaluation according to the Banister's method 4) . The activity of daily living consists of 6 items of international standardized evaluation methods 6) .…”

“…The sensorineural staging includes this dysfunction for severe stage (3SN) proposed by Brammer et al 3) . Although there were a small number of observational studies which have indicated reduction of manipulative dexterities in the patients with VWF 4,5) . It is important to evaluate and treat the patient with this problem from the view of the quality of life.…”