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Case Study 48: Work-Related Disorders of the Neck and Upper Extremity
Pages 812-813

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... Silverstein A 31-year-old, right-handed man had been employed in a variety of automobile manufacturing jobs for 13 years. Two years ago he switched to a new plant and was assigned to a job that required him to move a spot welding machine beneath cars moving overhead.
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From page 813...
... Following surgery, the company placed him in a transitional work center for a 3-month period where he worked at his own pace and had no symptoms. He then returned to the assembly line with the restriction that he not use welding guns or air-powered hand tools.
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Key Terms

  • tension neck
  • work shift
  • nerve conduction
  • neck syndrome
  • physician found

  • ordinary channels
  • physical examination
  • past history
  • hand surgeon
  • immediately sought

  • company placed
  • moving overhead
  • worker started
  • becoming weaker
  • blood vessels

  • metal handles
  • conduction tests
  • middle fingers
  • spot welder
  • nerve impulse

  • supraspinatus tendinitis
  • substantial force
  • cuff tendinitis
  • following surgery
  • occupational origin

  • cars moving
  • own pace
  • progressive nature
  • company physician
  • joint disease


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