If you work in construction, manufacturing, or around other heavy machinery, you may be taking your work home with you in the way of aches and pains — but this equipment can also take a toll on the ...

Vibration white finger (VWF) is a long-term condition that can result from prolonged use of vibrating tools, either for occupational or recreational use. VWF causes numbness or tingling in the fingers ...

Objectives—To investigate the occurrence of disorders associated with the hand arm vibration syndrome in a large population of stone workers in Italy. The dose-response relation for vibration induced ...

Speaking on April 19 at the Experimental Biology 2009 meeting in New Orleans, Dr. Kristine Krajnak, a team leader in the Engineering and Control Technologies Branch of the Health Effects Laboratory ...

A new study directly links the different physical responses of tissue that occur with exposure to different vibration frequencies with biological mechanisms underlying the development of vascular ...