Open AccessAssociation between smartphone use and carpal tunnel syndrome: A case-control study
Author(s) -
Eman Salem Al Shahrani,
Norah Ali Al Shehri
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2458_20
Subject(s) - medicine , carpal tunnel syndrome , median nerve , nerve conduction study , odds ratio , physical therapy , prospective cohort study , carpal tunnel , case control study , nerve conduction , logistic regression , surgery
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common entrapment neuropathy of the upper limb. No published Saudi Arabian study has explored the effect of smartphones on the median nerve.