Associations between Workplace Factors and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Multi-site Cross Sectional Study

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  Fan, Z. Joyce ; Harris-Adamson, Carisa ; Eisen, Ellen A ; Hegmann, Kurt T. ; Silverstein, Barbara ; Dale, Ann Marie ; Evanoff, Bradley ; Thiese, Matthew S. ; Kapellusch, Jay ; Garg, Arun ; Burt, Susan ; Gerr, Fred ; Merlino, Linda ; Rempel, David
• 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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Age Factors Article Biomechanical Phenomena Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Confounders Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Individual-level Assessment Logistic Models Male Middle Aged Multivariate Analysis Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal Disorders Occupational Diseases Occupational Exposure Occupations Physical Work Load Prevalence Risk Factors Sex Factors Upper Extremity Vibration Workers Workload Workplace

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• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 58(5):509-518
• Pubmed ID:
  25778111
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9012996
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  R01 OH009712/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/ ; R01-OH009712/OH/NIOSH CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  5
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cdde5bde08b4d20b12c6ffc8f9de42fb8a5c0c22974f3413aff741d9a6cd70b5
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