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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• SATO, Shobu
• AZUMA, Takanobu
• TAKASHIMA, Shinsuke
• YOSHIDA, Takeshi

Titel

Comparison of the Finger Skin Temperature During One Hand Immersion in Cold Water Between the Vibration Exposed Men and Healthy Men

Ist Teil von

• JAPANESE JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY, 1983/04/15, Vol.20(1), pp.16-22

Ort / Verlag

Japanese Society of Biometeorology

Erscheinungsjahr

1983

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Beschreibungen/Notizen

• In order to investigate the characteristics of the cold induced vasodilation (CIVD) in the workers using the vibratory tool, the finger skin temperature of 45 subjects exposed to vibration (group V) and 27 healthy subjects (group H) in thirties and fourties was measured by one hand immersion in water bath of 5°C for 10 minutes in winter. Group V showed significantly lower mean value of skin temperature before cold exposure (BT) than that of group H. The frequency of the appearance of the CIVD in group V (53.3%) was lower than that of group H (88.9%) . In average, group V showed significantly lower mean skin temperature (MST), lower temperature of the first temperature rise (TFR) and smaller amplitude of temperature reaction (AT) than that of group H, whereas the time for the first temperature rise (TTR) was significantly longer in group V than in group H. The value of TFR and MST in the subjects in group V tended to be lower and the value of TTR in the subjects in the same group tended to be longer than the respective value in the subjects in group H, when they are compared at a given value of BT. The ratio of TFR to TTR, as well as that of MST to TTR, was smaller in group V than in group H. The difference in these relations between group V and H could be used to differentiate the characteristics of the CIVD in those groups.