Diseases of "operating hand" in hypermarket checkout counter workers

• Published in: Meditsina truda i promyshlennaia ekologiia no. 2; p. 9
• Main Authors: Voitenkov, V B, Loginova, N N, Nikonova, S M, Lashina, E L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 2015
• Subjects: Adult; Electromyography - methods; Female; Humans; Median Nerve; Middle Aged; Neurologic Examination; Occupational Diseases - diagnosis; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - diagnosis; Peripheral Nervous System Diseases - epidemiology; Russia - epidemiology; Ulnar Nerve; Russia
• ISSN: 1026-9428

The authors evaluated peripheral neuropathy in 34 female workers of hypermarket checkout counter, via neurologic examination and electric neuromyography. Average length of service in checkout counter was 4 years, maximal one--8 years. All the examinees demonstrated slower peripheral nerve impulse conductivity. 22% of the examinees presented significantly lower nerve impulse conductivity. Right median neuropathy was diagnosed in 47% of the examinees, left one--in 38% of the cases, and ulnar neuropathy--in 24% of the cases. Possibility is that work conditions at major hypermarket checkout counters require improvement.