To study the impact of hand held vibrating tools on nervous system and vascular system in building construction workers.
Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2021/10/037184
- Lead Sponsor
- Amar Jyoti Institute of Physiotherapy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Building construction site workers doing drilling, concrete breaking, steel cutting and metal grinding will be included in the study.
-Age: 20 years - 40years
-Gender: male
-Working hours: 8hr/day
Exclusion Criteria
-Administrative and Non-manual support staff will be excluded.
-Medical history of traumatic nerve injury.
-Those with any history of surgery with residual complication involving muscles, nerves and bony structure of hand, forearm and arm.
-Symptoms of diseases known to cause sensory neuropathies, such as diabetes, metabolic disturbances.
-Participants who are not willing to participate in the study.
-Participants were excluded if they failed to sign a consent form.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health surveillance Questionnaire for Assessment of hand arm vibration syndrome <br/ ><br>(Allenâ??s test, Semmes-Weinstein monofilament test, Purdue pegboard test, Grip hand dynamometer, Tinelâ??s test, Phalenâ??s test ) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>Stockholm Workshop Scale <br/ ><br>Timepoint: After screening on Day 1 building construction workers using vibrating tools will be assessed by Health Surveillance Questionnaire for hand arm vibration syndrome <br/ ><br>Then elbow flexion test and pressure test will be performed on participants. <br/ ><br>then grading of symptoms will be done by Stockholm Workshop Scale.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Elbow flexion test <br/ ><br>Pressure testTimepoint: After screening on Day 1 building construction workers using vibrating tools will be assessed by Health Surveillance Questionnaire for hand arm vibration syndrome <br/ ><br>Then elbow flexion test and pressure test will be performed on participants. <br/ ><br>then grading of symptoms will be done by Stockholm Workshop Scale.