PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J Van den Bossche
AU  - D Lahaye
TI  - X ray anomalies occurring in workers exposed to vibration caused by light tools.
AID  - 10.1136/oem.41.1.137
DP  - 1984 Feb 01
TA  - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
PG  - 137--141
VI  - 41
IP  - 1
4099  - http://oem.bmj.com/content/41/1/137.short
4100  - http://oem.bmj.com/content/41/1/137.full
SO  - Br J Ind Med1984 Feb 01; 41
AB  - A high frequency of radiological anomalies (vacuoles, cysts, enostoses) was found in workers exposed to vibration caused by light tools (screw drivers, nutrunners) compared with a non-exposed group. The lesions were mostly localised in the spongy carpal bones (os capitatum, os lunatum, os scaphoideum). There was no significant difference between the sexes, nor between the "active" or "passive" hand, both hands being simultaneously exposed. These findings support the need to implement preventive measures.