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From recent studies on workers exposed to manual work with vibrating machines has raised the question of whether there may be an association between vibration exposure and the contraction of the connective tissue in the palm and insides of the fingers. When the disease is localized to the palmo-digital fascia (aponeurosis) that lies between the dermis and flexor tendons of the hand, the result may include the formation of nodules and cords, whereupon the finger gradually loses extension, resulting in the irreversible flexion contracture of the digit, a condition called Dupuytren´s contracture . . .
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