SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WHOLE-BODY VIBRATION INJURIES

✍ Scribed by IOLE PINTO; Prof.MASSIMO BOVENZI; Prof.MICHAEL J. GRIFFIN Assistant

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 41 KB
• Volume: 253
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0022-460X
• DOI: 10.1006/jsvi.2001.4245

✦ Synopsis

The vibration experienced by some vehicle and machine operators has long been suspected to be a cause of injuries. There is epidemiological evidence that occupational exposure to whole-body vibration is associated with an increased risk of low back pain, sciatic pain, and degenerative changes in the spinal system. There is, however, not yet su$cient data to outline a clear exposure}response relationship between whole-body vibration exposures and low back pain disorders.

There are guides, standards and proposed legislation intended to protect workers from excessive exposure to whole-body vibration and mechanical shock. Models have been developed to predict forces in the spine associated with vibration and shock. Biodynamic models have been developed to estimate risks of injury and optimize environments so as to minimize risks.

This conference provided a unique opportunity to exchange information on the potential for injury from whole-body vibration and mechanical shock, to increase understanding of the mechanisms of injury, to improve methods of investigating the e!ects of whole-body vibration and shock, and to disseminate understanding by means of preventing injury.