Postoffer pre-placement screening for carpal tunnel syndrome in newly hired manufacturing workers

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• Personal Author:
  Buckner-Petty S ; Dale, Ann M. ; Evanoff B ; Gardner BT ; Strickland JR
• Description:
  Objective: We determined the predictive validity of a postoffer pre-placement (POPP) screen using nerve conduction velocity studies (NCV) to identify future cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Methods: A cohort of 1648 newly hired manufacturing production workers underwent baseline NCS, and were followed for 5 years. Results: There was no association between abnormal POPP NCV results and incident CTS. Varying NCV diagnostic cut-offs did not improve predictive validity. Workers in jobs with high hand/ wrist exposure showed greater risk of CTS than those in low exposed jobs (relative risk 2.82; 95%confidence interval 1.52 to 5.22). Conclusions: POPP screening seems ineffective as a preventive strategy for CTS. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires Workload
• Keywords:
  Carpal Tunnel Syndrome CTS Health-surveys Lost-work-days Manufacturing Office-workers Performance-capability Qualitative-analysis Quantitative-analysis Questionnaires Sociological-factors Work-analysis Work-capacity Work-intervals Work-operations Work-performance Worker-health

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  58
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20049018
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2016 Dec; 58(12):1212-1216
• Contact Point Address:
  Ann Marie Dale, PhD, OTR/L, Washington University School of Medicine, Division of General Medical Sciences, 4523 Clayton Avenue, Campus Box 8005, Saint Louis, MO 63110
• Email:
  adale@dom.wustl.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2017
• NORA Priority Area:
  Construction ; Manufacturing
• Performing Organization:
  Washington University - St. Louis, Missouri
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20040601
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20151231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7a501326674c6e0f8b5d78be02706a9a487643f5ffd6a402880892887a6d12d67bc227184eabd8da876ac4a3590c43b62b81a6aebf469891357bfc73f10a9ed3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/203614/cdc_203614_DS1.pdf
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