%0 Journal Article %T Vibrotactile sense in the hand-arm vibration syndrome %A Strömberg, T. %A Dahlin, L. B. %A Lundborg, G. %J Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health %D 1998 %8 December 24 %N 6 %@ 0355-3140 %F Strömberg1998 %X '

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OBJECTIVES ': 'The purpose of this study was to investigate disturbances of the vibrotactile sense and their relation to clinical symptoms and findings among male symptomatic workers suffering from the hand-arm vibration syndrome.'

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METHODS ': 'Ninety-six such patients were interviewed and given a clinical and tactilometric examination. The symptoms were classified according to the Stockholm Workshop Scale. A sensibility index was used to quantify vibrotactile sense in the tactilogram.'

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RESULTS ': 'An abnormal sensibility index ( %K hand %K neurophysiology %K occupational disease %K peripheral nervous system disease %K sensory threshold %K vibration %R 10.5271/sjweh.374 %U https://www.sjweh.fi/show_abstract.php?abstract_id=374 %U https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.374 %P 495-502