PROFESSIONAL POLYNEUROPATHY OF THE UPPER EXTREMITIES FROM PHYSICAL OVERLOAD

The relevance of the study is caused by the need to determine diagnostic criteria for the diagnosis of polyneuropathies of the upper extremities of professional etiology. The study was conducted on a sample of 71 patients who underwent in-patient examination and treatment at the occupational pathology clinic of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Scientific and Research Center for Hygiene and Public Health” from 2015 to 2019. When comparing between the control group and the group of patients with occupational polyneuropathy of the upper limbs, a statistically significant difference (p <0.05) was found between the velocity indices of the main arteries of the ulnar artery on the right hand. Conclusion: Ultrasound diagnosis of peripheral angioedema of the upper extremities of professional etiology can be based on an increase in blood flow during ultrasound. At the same time, an isolated increase in the blood flow velocity along the ulnar artery indicates the presence of professional polyneuropathy of the upper extremities on the side of the "working" hand. Objectification of the diagnosis of peripheral angioedema of the upper extremities of professional etiology using ultrasound diagnostics can be an important factor in conducting a professional examination of disability and determining the relationship of conditions labor with the occurrence of occupational disease.

physical overload, occupational pathology, diagnostics, polyneuropathies, upper extremities, functional overstrain