[Prognosis of functional peripheral ischemias after partial body vibration]

In 125 patients with acknowledged occupational damage due to vibration the results of oscillography of two consecutive expertises were compared at intervals of three years. On the one hand it could be shown that at younger age (less than 50 years) an improvement in functional peripheral circulatory disorders is possible, but on the other hand with increasing interval from the exposition to vibration a downward tendency to deterioration of acral circulatory disorders can be observed.