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Associations between Workplace Factors and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Multi-site Cross Sectional Study
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5 2015
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Source: Am J Ind Med. 58(5):509-518
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Alternative Title:Am J Ind Med
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Description:Background:
Few large epidemiologic studies have used rigorous case criteria, individual-level physical exposure measurements, and appropriate control for confounders to examine associations between biomechanical factors and risk of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Methods:
Pooling data from six independent research studies, we assessed associations between the prevalence of CTS and estimates of force, repetition, posture and composite measures of biomechanical factors, while adjusting for confounders using multivariable logistic regression.
Results:
Personal factors of older age, female gender, obese, and medical conditions (diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, thyroid disease, pregnancy) and workplace measures of forceful hand activity (analyst or worker related Borg CR-10 and the Threshold Limit Value for Hand Activity Level) were related to CTS prevalence.
Conclusions:
In this cross-sectional study of production and service workers, CTS prevalence was associated with personal and work related factors.
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Pubmed ID:25778111
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC9012996
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Volume:58
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Issue:5
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