Laser Doppler Imaging of Skin Blood Flow for Assessing Peripheral Vascular Impairment in Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome

• Published in: Industrial Health Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 309 - 317
• Main Authors: TERADA, Kazufumi, MIYAI, Nobuyuki, MAEJIMA, Yuki, SAKAGUCHI, Shunji, TOMURA, Taro, YOSHIMASU, Kouichi, MORIOKA, Ikuharu, MIYASHITA, Kazuhisa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Japan National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health 01.04.2007
• Subjects: Aged; Analysis of Variance; Blood Flow Velocity; Case-Control Studies; Cold provocation test; Cold Temperature - adverse effects; Finger skin blood flow; Fingers - blood supply; Fingers - physiopathology; Hand-arm vibration; Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome - complications; Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome - diagnosis; Humans; Japan; Laser Doppler perfusion imaging; Laser-Doppler Flowmetry - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - diagnosis; Peripheral Vascular Diseases - etiology; Regional Blood Flow; Skin - blood supply; Vibration-induced white finger; Work - physiology; Japan; Sweden, Stockholm

The objective of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of laser Doppler imaging (LDPI) of the skin blood flow for assessing peripheral vascular impairment in the hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). The subjects were 46 male patients with HAVS, aged 50 to 69 yr, and 31 healthy male volunteers of...