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ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2025

Finger blood flow (FBF) measurement among vibration-exposed groundskeepers: a pilot study in the southeastern USA.

Nathan Chen, Seunghyeon Yang, Justin Morgan Leach, Jonghwa Oh

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Article in Occupational and environmental medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Measurement of muscle passive stiffness in vibration-exposed groundskeepers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Nathan ChenEnvironmental Health Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8524-2858
Seunghyeon YangEnvironmental Health Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-4326-8901
Justin Morgan LeachBiostatistics, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0167-9097
Jonghwa OhEnvironmental Health Sciences, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA jonghwa@uab.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6017-0963

Funding

NIOSH CDC HHS T42 OH008436
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study assessed finger blood flow (FBF) among groundskeepers using laser Doppler flowmetry (LDF) and evaluated the association of the FBF with hand-arm vibration (HAV) exposure dose.

methodsBaseline FBF measured before a work shift (FBF

resultsThe average FBF

conclusionsA significant negative association between lifetime HAV exposure and baseline FBF among groundskeepers was observed, supporting FBF measurement using LDF as a promising health indicator for vascular disorders induced by HAV.

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FingersOccupational ExposureRegional Blood FlowVibrationAdultFemaleHand-Arm Vibration SyndromeHumansLaser-Doppler FlowmetryMaleMiddle AgedPilot ProjectsEnvironmental ExposureOccupational HealthUpper ExtremityVibrationWorkers

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PMID40185635
PMCPMC12015029

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