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 |
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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 | |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2016 |
Event | International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2016 - Guimaraes, Portugal Duration: 23 Mar 2016 → 24 Mar 2016 |
Conference
Conference | International Symposium Occupational Safety and Hygiene, 2016 |
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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