A systematic review of diagnostic performance of quantitative tests to assess musculoskeletal disorders in hand-arm vibration syndrome

• MAHBUB MH

  Department of Hygiene, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

• KUROZAWA Youichi

  Division of Health Administration and Promotion, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Japan

• ISHITAKE Tatsuya

  Department of Environmental Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan

• KUME Yukinori

  Saiki Clinic, Japan

• MIYASHITA Kazuhisa

  Department of Hygiene, School of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Japan

• SAKAKIBARA Hisataka

  Department of Nursing, Nagoya University School of Health Sciences, Japan

• SATO Shuji

  Sapporo Workers Clinic, Japan

• TOIBANA Norikuni

  Kensei-Ishii Clinic, Japan

• HARADA Noriaki

  Department of Hygiene, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan

Abstract

The purpose was to systematically review the published reports for the clinical utility of quantitative objective tests commonly used for diagnosing musculoskeletal disorders in hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS). Two reviewers independently conducted a computerized literature search in PubMed and Scopus using predefined criteria, and relevant papers were identified. The articles were screened in several stages and considered for final inclusion. Quality of the selected papers was evaluated by a modified QUADAS tool. Relevant data were extracted as necessary. For this review, only 4 relevant studies could be identified for detailed examination. Grip strength, pinch strength, and Purdue pegboard tests were commonly used with their reported sensitivity and specificity ranging between 1.7 to 65.7% and 65.2 to 100%, 1.7 to 40% and 94 to 100%, and 44.8 to 85% and 78 to 95%, respectively. A considerable difference across the studies was observed with respect to patient and control populations, diagnostic performance and cut-off values of different tests. Overall, currently available English-language limited literature do not provide enough evidence in favour of the application of grip strength and pinch strength tests for diagnosing musculoskeletal injuries in HAVS; Purdue pegboard test seems to have some diagnostic value in evaluating impaired dexterity in HAVS.

Journal

• Industrial Health

  Industrial Health 53 (5), 391-397, 2015

  National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health

Keywords

• Diagnostics
• HAVS
• Musculoskeletal disorder
• Impaired dexterity
• Systematic review

Details

• CRID: 1390282679257394176
• NII Article ID: 130005101014
• NII Book ID: AA00672955
• DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.2014-0221
• ISSN: 18808026
• ISSN: 00198366
• NDL BIB ID: 026808782
• PubMed: 26051288
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/026808782
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I026808782
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/indhealth/53/5/53_2014-0221/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2016310190
• Text Lang: en
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