Trial reportBMC public health2009
Risk factors for operated carpal tunnel syndrome: a multicenter population-based case-control study.
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- RETRACTED: Investigating the association between diabetes and carpal tunnel syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis approach.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of the association between physical demands of domestic labor and back pain among women.BMC women's health · 2021Pooled it
- Carpal tunnel syndrome and exposure to work-related biomechanical stressors and chemicals: Findings from the Constances cohort.PloS one · 2020Trial
- Psychosocial and Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Wrist Pain Severity and Dysfunction in Turkish Housewives: A Web-Based Cross-Sectional Survey.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- Is Smoking Associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? A Meta-Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Association of clinically relevant carpal tunnel syndrome with type of work and level of education: a general-population study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Observed Differences between Males and Females in Surgically Treated Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Among Non-manual Workers: A Sensitivity Analysis of Findings from a Large Population Study.Annals of work exposures and health · 2018Article
- Occupational exposure to asbestos and risk of cholangiocarcinoma: a population-based case-control study in four Nordic countries.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2018Article
- Severity of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Diagnostic Accuracy of Hand and Body Anthropometric Measures.PloS one · 2016Article
- Incidence rates of surgically treated rhegmatogenous retinal detachment among manual workers, non-manual workers and housewives in Tuscany, Italy.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2014Article
- Work-related musculoskeletal disorders in the upper extremity among the staff of a Japanese university hospital.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2014Article
- Hospital admissions in relation to body mass index in UK women: a prospective cohort study.BMC medicine · 2014Article
- Organizational and psychosocial risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a cross-sectional study of French workers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2014Article
- Factors influencing the diagnostic process of carpal tunnel syndrome.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2013Article
- Asbestos: a hidden player behind the cholangiocarcinoma increase? Findings from a case-control analysis.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2013Article
- Loads of housework? Biomechanical assessments of the upper limbs in women performing common household tasks.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2012Article
- Carpal tunnel syndrome in fabry disease.JIMD reports · 2012Article
- Computer Use and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Case-control Study.Indian journal of occupational and environmental medicineArticle
- Risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome in patients attending the primary care center of a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: A case-control study.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundCarpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a socially and economically relevant disease caused by compression or entrapment of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel. This population-based case-control study aims to investigate occupational/non-occupational risk factors for surgically treated CTS.
methodsCases (n = 220) aged 18-65 years were randomly drawn from 13 administrative databases of citizens who were surgically treated with carpal tunnel release during 2001. Controls (n = 356) were randomly sampled from National Health Service registry records and were frequency matched by age-gender-specific CTS hospitalization rates.
resultsAt multivariate analysis, risk factors were blue-collar/housewife status, BMI > or = 30 kg/m2, sibling history of CTS and coexistence of trigger finger. Being relatively tall (cut-offs based on tertiles: women > or =165 cm; men > or =175 cm) was associated with lower risk. Blue-collar work was a moderate/strong risk factor in both sexes. Raised risks were apparent for combinations of biomechanical risk factors that included frequent repetitivity and sustained force.
conclusionThis study strongly underlines the relevance of biomechanical exposures in both non-industrial and industrial work as risk factors for surgically treated CTS.
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