| Title: |
Hand-wrist disorders in chainsaw operators: A follow-up study in a group of italian loggers |
| Authors: |
Masci F.; Spatari G.; Giorgianni C. M.; Pernigotti E.; Antonangeli L. M.; Bordoni V.; Biasina A. M.; Pietrogrande L.; Colosio C. |
| Contributors: |
F. Masci; G. Spatari; C.M. Giorgianni; E. Pernigotti; L.M. Antonangeli; V. Bordoni; A.M. Biasina; L. Pietrogrande; C. Colosio |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
The University of Milan: Archivio Istituzionale della Ricerca (AIR) |
| Subject Terms: |
CTS; Logging; Musculoskeletal disorder; Ultrasound investigation; Wrist; Settore MEDS-25/B - Medicina del lavoro; Settore MEDS-19/A - Malattie dell'apparato locomotore |
| Description: |
Despite the mechanization process implemented in arboriculture, logging tasks are still manually performed by chainsaw operators, which therefore are exposed to the risk of developing hand-wrist musculoskeletal disorders. Our research aimed to: (a) define whether the slight changes observed in 2017 showed an evolution to overt diseases; (b) study some risk determinants for these diseases such as age, working experience, and performing a secondary job. We recruited in a two-year follow-up study, 38 male forestry workers performing logging tasks employed in the Sicilian Forestry Department located in Enna. All the subjects underwent: (1) personal data collection; (2) administration of questionnaire addressed at upper limbs symptoms with a hand chart; (3) physical examination of the upper limbs, including Tinel’s and Phalen’s maneuvers; (4) ultrasound investigation of the hand-wrist area. In the two-year follow-up study we registered an overall increasing in wrist disorders, thus we can assume that forestry workers may be a target population for wrist diseases and deserve a particular attention in workers’ health surveillance programs. Interestingly, the prevalence of wrist-hand disorders resulted to be higher in younger workers. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/34299668; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000676164700001; volume:18; issue:14; firstpage:1; lastpage:11; numberofpages:11; journal:INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH; https://hdl.handle.net/2434/1119523 |
| DOI: |
10.3390/ijerph18147217 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/2434/1119523; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147217 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.2DCA1F6B |
| Database: |
BASE |