14th International Conference on Hand-Arm Vibration

Mechanized manual work is often associated with exposure to vibration that may impact adversely upon the health and well-being of the affected individuals. Besides impairments to comfort and performance, harm to the hand-arm system, possibly permanent, must be prevented as a matter of priority.

In a world of work that is becoming more and more complex, combined exposures are also becoming increasingly relevant. What influence does hand-arm vibration have in conjunction with noise or whole-body vibration? What contribution can be made by medicine, diagnostics, epidemiology, measurement technology and prevention to the identification and containment of risks, and better still, to their elimination? What is the role of international regulatory activity in this context?

The 14th International Conference on Hand-Arm Vibration addressed these and many other questions concerning hand-arm vibration, and presented answers relevant to the field.

All abstracts can be found in the conference proceedings (PDF, 10.7 MB, non-accessible) .