[en] The purpose of this paper is to show the extremity dose equivalent-kerma conversion factors obtained theoretical and experimentally in arm and finger for normally incident gamma radiation. Extremity dosemeters, based on termoluminescent dosimeters (TLD) LiF₇ (TLD-700, Harshaw), have been irradiated on designed as finger and arm phantoms. The finger phantom is been characterised as a solid cylinder made of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) 19mm diameter and 300mm height. The arm phantom is a cylinder 73mm external diameter with PMMA walls 2.5mm thick filled with water and 300mm height. There were used several radiation sources like Co-60 and Cs-137 from the Regional Reference Dosimetry Centre (CRR) of the National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) and from the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (ARN) of Argentina. In the same way RX wide spectrum irradiations were made in the ISO-4037 qualities W60, W110 and W200. At the same time the conversion factors have been theoretically obtained. In order to achieve this, the finger and arm phantoms have been modelled and the photon and electron transport have been done with the Monte Carlo code MCNP-4B. There was a good agreement between the theoretical and experimental results, showing a difference less than 8%. Also the experimental results have been compared with the published data available giving a difference less than 7%. In this work is shown the performance of the extremity dosimeter usually used by the exposed workers of the ARN. It has got a similar energy response in the range of W110-Co-60 (not more than 7%) with respect to the experimental results obtained. The dose equivalent-kerma conversion factors are going to be used in the dose equivalent evaluation of workers mainly hands exposed. Related with the incident energy several applied recommendations have been made. An application is presented in nuclear medicine experiences. In the case of a thyroid treatment with ¹³¹I, the external dose workers have been evaluated. (author)