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Relationships Between Wholebody Vibration and Morbidity Patterns Among Interstate Truck Drivers.

PB275610

Publication Date	1976
Personal Author	Gruber, G. J.
Page Count	64
Abstract	The hypotheses that certain physical disorders develop with undue frequency among interstate truck drivers and that some of this excess morbidity is due in part to the whole body vibration factor of their job, have been tested by extracting and comparing morbidity data available for active interstate truck drivers and sedentary comparison groups. Biodynamic strain, microtrauma, and intraluminal/intra-abdominal pressure fluctuations produced by truck vibrations are postulated as being at least partially responsible for the development of certain musculoskeletal, digestive, and circulatory disorders among interstate truck drivers with more than 15 years of service. The combined effects of forced body posture, cargo handling, and improper eating habits along with whole body vibration cannot be ruled out in considering contributory factors for such truck-driver disorders as vertebrogenic pain syndromes, spine deformities, sprains and strains, appendicitis, stomach troubles, and hemorrhoids.
Keywords	Occupational diseases Industrial medicine Motor vehicle operators Vibration Morbidity Epidemiology Biodynamics Stress(Physiology) Musculoskeletal disorders Gastrointestinal diseases Cardiovascular diseases Truck drivers Transportation industry Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Stanford Research Institute Stanford University
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, Tex.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197807
Contract Number	PHS-CDC-99-74-22

Relationships Between Wholebody Vibration and Morbidity Patterns Among Interstate Truck Drivers.

Relationships Between Wholebody Vibration and Morbidity Patterns Among Interstate Truck Drivers.
PB275610

Publication Date	1976
Personal Author	Gruber, G. J.
Page Count	64
Abstract	The hypotheses that certain physical disorders develop with undue frequency among interstate truck drivers and that some of this excess morbidity is due in part to the whole body vibration factor of their job, have been tested by extracting and comparing morbidity data available for active interstate truck drivers and sedentary comparison groups. Biodynamic strain, microtrauma, and intraluminal/intra-abdominal pressure fluctuations produced by truck vibrations are postulated as being at least partially responsible for the development of certain musculoskeletal, digestive, and circulatory disorders among interstate truck drivers with more than 15 years of service. The combined effects of forced body posture, cargo handling, and improper eating habits along with whole body vibration cannot be ruled out in considering contributory factors for such truck-driver disorders as vertebrogenic pain syndromes, spine deformities, sprains and strains, appendicitis, stomach troubles, and hemorrhoids.
Keywords	Occupational diseases Industrial medicine Motor vehicle operators Vibration Morbidity Epidemiology Biodynamics Stress(Physiology) Musculoskeletal disorders Gastrointestinal diseases Cardiovascular diseases Truck drivers Transportation industry Occupational safety and health
Source Agency	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Stanford Research Institute Stanford University
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety
Corporate Authors	Southwest Research Inst., San Antonio, Tex.; National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio. Div.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept.
NTIS Issue Number	197807
Contract Number	PHS-CDC-99-74-22