One-year Incidence of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Latino Poultry Processing Workers and Other Latino Manual Workers

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Ind Med
• Personal Author:
  Cartwright, Michael S. ; Walker, Francis O. ; Newman, Jill C. ; Schulz, Mark R. ; Arcury, Thomas A. ; Grzywacz, Joseph G. ; Mora, Dana ; Chen, Haiying ; Eaton, Bethany ; Quandt, Sara A.
• Description:
  Objective
  
  To determine the incidence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) over one year in Latino poultry processing workers.
  
  Methods
  
  Symptoms and nerve conduction studies were used to identify Latino poultry processing workers (106 wrists) and Latinos in other manual labor occupations (257 wrists) that did not have CTS at baseline, and these individuals were then evaluated in the same manner one year later.
  
  Results
  
  Based on wrists, the one-year incidence of CTS was higher in poultry processing workers than non-poultry manual workers (19.8% vs. 11.7%, p = 0.022). Poultry workers had a higher odds (1.89; p = 0.089) of developing CTS over one year compared to non-poultry manual workers.
  
  Discussion
  
  Latino poultry processing workers have an incidence of CTS that is possibly higher than Latinos in other manual labor positions. Latino poultry workers’ high absolute and relative risk of CTS likely results from the repetitive and strenuous nature of poultry processing work.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adult Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Case-Control Studies Female Food-Processing Industry Hispanic Or Latino Humans Incidence Male Neural Conduction Occupational Diseases Young Adult

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• Source:
  Am J Ind Med. 57(3):362-369.
• Pubmed ID:
  23996875
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3946621
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  1K23NS062892/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States ; K23 NS062892/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States ; R01OH009251/OH/NIOSH CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  3
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cd3e77c66aa49851cc5c3713e6921af443f706e5d38f205a42f48d4e730674e9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/29872/cdc_29872_DS1.pdf
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