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Hand-Wrist Disorders in Chainsaw Operators: A Follow-Up Study in a Group of Italian Loggers

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  • Federica Masci

    (Department of Health Sciences of the University of Milano and International Centre for Rural Health of the Occupational Health Unit of the Hospitals Santi Paolo e Carlo, 20142 Milano, Italy)

  • Giovanna Spatari

    (Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy)

  • Concetto Mario Giorgianni

    (Department of Biomedical, Dental and Morphological and Functional Imaging, University of Messina, 98125 Messina, Italy)

  • Elisa Pernigotti

    (Post Graduate School in Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Milan, 20142 Milano, Italy)

  • Laura Maria Antonangeli

    (Department of Health Sciences of the University of Milano and International Centre for Rural Health of the Occupational Health Unit of the Hospitals Santi Paolo e Carlo, 20142 Milano, Italy)

  • Vittorio Bordoni

    (Post Graduate School in Occupational Medicine, University of Milan, 20122 Milano, Italy)

  • Alberto Magenta Biasina

    (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology School of Santi Paolo and Carlo ASST of Milan, 20142 Milano, Italy)

  • Luca Pietrogrande

    (Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, 20142 Milano, Italy)

  • Claudio Colosio

    (Department of Health Sciences of the University of Milano and International Centre for Rural Health of the Occupational Health Unit of the Hospitals Santi Paolo e Carlo, 20142 Milano, Italy)

Abstract

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.

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  • Federica Masci & Giovanna Spatari & Concetto Mario Giorgianni & Elisa Pernigotti & Laura Maria Antonangeli & Vittorio Bordoni & Alberto Magenta Biasina & Luca Pietrogrande & Claudio Colosio, 2021. "Hand-Wrist Disorders in Chainsaw Operators: A Follow-Up Study in a Group of Italian Loggers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(14), pages 1-11, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:18:y:2021:i:14:p:7217-:d:589180
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    1. Luboš Staněk & Václav Mergl, 2024. "Effect of the body mass index and length of work on the stress of individual body parts of chainsaw operators," Journal of Forest Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 70(8), pages 436-445.
    2. Federica Masci & Giovanna Spatari & Sara Bortolotti & Concetto Mario Giorgianni & Laura Maria Antonangeli & John Rosecrance & Claudio Colosio, 2022. "Assessing the Impact of Work Activities on the Physiological Load in a Sample of Loggers in Sicily (Italy)," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(13), pages 1-12, June.

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