Assessing work-related upper limb disorders with infrared images and mouse repetitive challenge

R Vardasca; Joaquim Gabriel; E. F J Ring; P. Plassmann; C. D. Jones

doi:10.1201/b21172-92

Assessing work-related upper limb disorders with infrared images and mouse repetitive challenge

R Vardasca, Joaquim Gabriel, E. F J Ring, P. Plassmann, C. D. Jones

Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science

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Abstract

The Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders (WRULD) are the most common occupational condition at modern workplaces and can become chronic. WRULD needs an accurate quantitative and objective diagnostic test to aid clinicians in the judgment of the degree of injury and assess the adequate treatment, and to provide a permanent evidence record of the degree of injury. Medical thermography was used with a mechanical provocation test involving a computer mouse exercise, which was followed by a thermal provocation of the hand. The proposed method is objective and repeatable, can discriminate between asymptomatic controls and patients (p<0.05). Medical thermal imaging can be used as complementary diagnostic tool to provide evidence of WRULD in support to medical history in medico-legal liabilities.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV - Selected, Extended and Revised Contributions from the International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2016
Publisher	CRC Press/Balkema
Pages	479-484
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Print)	9781138029422, 978-1-315-62896-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1201/b21172-92
Publication status	Published - Mar 2016
Event	International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2016 - Guimaraes, Portugal Duration: 23 Mar 2016 → 24 Mar 2016

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Conference	International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2016
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Guimaraes
Period	23/03/16 → 24/03/16

Keywords

Work-Related Upper Limb Disorders
WRULD
occupational health
diagnostic tests
Medical thermography

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Vardasca, R., Gabriel, J., Ring, E. F. J., Plassmann, P., & Jones, C. D. (2016). Assessing work-related upper limb disorders with infrared images and mouse repetitive challenge. In Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV - Selected, Extended and Revised Contributions from the International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2016 (pp. 479-484). CRC Press/Balkema. https://doi.org/10.1201/b21172-92

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Assessing work-related upper limb disorders with infrared images and mouse repetitive challenge. / Vardasca, R; Gabriel, Joaquim; Ring, E. F J et al.

Occupational Safety and Hygiene IV - Selected, Extended and Revised Contributions from the International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2016. CRC Press/Balkema, 2016. p. 479-484.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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