Open AccessComputer Use and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Case-control Study
Author(s) -
Dinesh J Bhanderi,
Daxa Mishra,
Shweta Parikh,
Deepak Sharma
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine/the indian journal of occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3670
pISSN - 0973-2284
DOI - 10.4103/ijoem.ijoem_66_17
Subject(s) - carpal tunnel syndrome , medicine , odds ratio , logistic regression , confounding , confidence interval , context (archaeology) , case control study , surgery , paleontology , biology
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the musculoskeletal disorders that is often described as an occupational hazard, including occupations involving computer use. However, clear consensus is lacking as far as the association between the use of computer and risk of possible CTS is concerned.