[Immunological disorders in vibration-related illness among miners of Northern regions]. / Immunologicheskie narusheniia pri vibratsionnoi bolezni u gornorabochikh severnykh regionov.

Evaluation of miners in Northern and East Siberian regions revealed disorders of humoral immunity: increased B-lymphocytes count, higher production of autologic antibodies to peripheral nerves, greater serum concentration of circulating immune complexes and cryoglobulins. Cytostatic medications suppressed antibodies production and considerably increased efficiency of complex therapy of severe vibration disease.

[Method of detecting excitability of skin receptors in the diagnosis of vibration disease]. / Metodika opredeleniia vozbudimosti kozhnykh retseptorov pri diagnostike vibratsionnoi bolezni.

The follow-up studies of patients with vibration disease caused by local vibration proved diagnostic value of minor skin response of dorsal hand surface and anterior surface of arm or forearm, if subjected to irritation with mixture of chloroform and ethanol. Depressed skin receptors during the disease are diagnosed through longer latent period of burning sensation in two of three points irritated on skin of the upper limb. The diagnostic method based on chemical stimulation of skin receptors is highly sensitive (86.9%) and specific (94.4%), especially for early stages of the disease, promoting detection of subclinical peripheral neuropathy caused by vibration. Due to its simplicity and availability the method could replace algesimetry in mass screening among workers exposed to vibration.