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Hand-arm vibration syndrome: a guide to medical impairment assessment.
J Occup Med. 1993 Sep; 35(9):936-42.JO

Abstract

Hand-arm vibration syndrome is a complex condition with vascular, sensorineural, and musculoskeletal components. Workers who handle vibratory tools suffer from it, and the severity of this syndrome is now graded internationally using the Stockholm classification. For compensation purposes the severity must be translated into impairment and this paper proposes how this may be done using the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment. The case history of a typical claimant is presented to demonstrate how an impairment rating might be derived.

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Bilgi C
Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, St Francis Medical Center, Peoria, Illinois.
Pelmear PL
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MeSH

ArmDisability EvaluationHandHumansHypesthesiaIschemiaMaleMiddle AgedNeurologic ExaminationOccupational DiseasesOccupational ExposureParesthesiaRaynaud DiseaseRisk FactorsVibration

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

8229347

Citation

Bilgi, C, and P L. Pelmear. "Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome: a Guide to Medical Impairment Assessment." Journal of Occupational Medicine. : Official Publication of the Industrial Medical Association, vol. 35, no. 9, 1993, pp. 936-42.
Bilgi C, Pelmear PL. Hand-arm vibration syndrome: a guide to medical impairment assessment. J Occup Med. 1993;35(9):936-42.
Bilgi, C., & Pelmear, P. L. (1993). Hand-arm vibration syndrome: a guide to medical impairment assessment. Journal of Occupational Medicine. : Official Publication of the Industrial Medical Association, 35(9), 936-42.
Bilgi C, Pelmear PL. Hand-arm Vibration Syndrome: a Guide to Medical Impairment Assessment. J Occup Med. 1993;35(9):936-42. PubMed PMID: 8229347.
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