Vrijednost digitalne termometrije u dijagnostici vibracijske bolesti

Abstract

Finger thermometry and cold provocation test were performed in 90 chain-saw workers and 38 healthy controls. The workers were grouped according to the Taylor-Pelmear scale of hand-arm vibration syndrome into subgroups 0, 1, 2, 3. The recovery rate reflected passive vasodilative ability. According to the results of the study, the test could differentiate the subjects with clinically manifest vibration-induced white fingers (stages 1, 2 and 3) from the controls. The discriminating threshold of recovery rate with regard to Raynaud\u27s phenomenon was 90%. With that diagnostic limit the above method was sensitive and specific enough to verify vibration-induced vasospastic disorders and therefore could be recommended for their surveillance.Mjerenje kožne temperature kontaktnom termometrijskom metodom uz primjenu termalnog testa provedeno je u 90 sjekača motornom pilom, grupiranih prema Taylor-Pelmearovoj skali, i 58 muškaraca kontrolne skupine. Indeks oporavka prikazuje sposobnost pasivne vazodilatacije. Prema rezultatima ovog rada, u sjekača motornom pilom utvrđene su niže vrijednosti svih vrijednosti kožnih temperatura tijekom testa, a indeks oporavka razlikuje sjekače s klinički prisutnim simptomima vazospastičke bolesti od kontrolne skupine. Predložena je vrijednost za indeks oporavka od 90% kao dijagnostička granica za razlikovanje normalne od vazospastičke reakcije, a metoda je preporučena za zdravstveni nadzor radnika izloženih djelovanju vibracija