Hand-arm vibration syndrome: Clinical characteristics, conventional electrophysiology and quantitative sensory testing

Highlights • Like deafness due to noise, patients with hand arm vibration-syndrome (HAVS) present with numbness due to vibratory impact. • Using conventional electrophysiology and quantitative sensory testing, the findings of the present study are consistent with the concept of a sensory damage related to the frequencies of the vibrating devices employed. • The frequency of occurrence of a carpal tunnel syndrome in HAVS was not increased.