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Occupational factors and carpal tunnel syndrome
Author(s) -
Silverstein Barbara A.,
Fine Lawrence J.,
Armstrong Thomas J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
american journal of industrial medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1097-0274
pISSN - 0271-3586
DOI - 10.1002/ajim.4700110310
Subject(s) - medicine , carpal tunnel syndrome , odds ratio , confounding , median nerve , odds , occupational exposure , risk factor , occupational medicine , physical therapy , epidemiology , logistic regression , surgery , environmental health
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most commonly reported nerve entrapment syndrome. The prevalence of CTS among 652 active workers in jobs with specific hand force and repetitiveness characteristics was estimated. The prevalence of CTS ranged from 0.6% among workers in low force–low repetitive jobs to 5.6% among workers in high force–high repetitive jobs. When controlling for potential confounders, the odds ratio for the high force‐high repetitive jobs was more than 15 (p < .001) compared to the low force–low repetitive jobs. High repetitiveness appears to be a greater risk factor than high force (odds ratio of 5.5, p < .05 versus 2.9 and not statistically significant).