ArticleAmerican journal of industrial medicine2015
Associations between workplace factors and carpal tunnel syndrome: A multi-site cross sectional study.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Impaired median nerve mobility in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European radiology · 2023Pooled it
- The Median Nerve Displays Adaptive Characteristics When Exposed to Repeated Pinch Grip Efforts of Varying Rates of Force Development: An Ultrasonic Investigation.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2025Article
- Current Insights into Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Clinical Strategies for Prevention and Treatment.Current drug targets · 2024Review
- Comparison of the observer, single-frame video and computer vision hand activity levels.Ergonomics · 2023Article
- Occupational and non-occupational risk factors correlating with the severity of clinical manifestations of carpal tunnel syndrome and related work disability among workers who work with a computer.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2022Article
- Isolating In-Situ Grip and Push Force Distribution from Hand-Handle Contact Pressure with an Industrial Electric Nutrunner.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Cystic Hygroma in a Dental Hygienist Reporting With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Case Report.Journal of chiropractic medicine · 2021Article
- Powered-hand tools and vibration-related disorders in US-railway maintenance-of-way workers.Industrial health · 2020Article
- Incident CTS in a large pooled cohort study: associations obtained by a Job Exposure Matrix versus associations obtained from observed exposures.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2018Article
- The biomechanics of subsynovial connective tissue in health and its role in carpal tunnel syndrome.Journal of electromyography and kinesiology : official journal of the International Society of Electrophysiological Kinesiology · 2018Review
- Prevalence and Perception of Risky Health Behaviors Among Construction Workers.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Article
- Risk assessment of manual handling operations at work with the key indicator method (KIM-MHO) - determination of criterion validity regarding the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms and clinical conditions within a cross-sectional study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2017Article
- Intraoperative workload in robotic surgery assessed by wearable motion tracking sensors and questionnaires.Surgical endoscopy · 2017Article
- Postoffer Pre-Placement Screening for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Newly Hired Manufacturing Workers.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2016Article
- Impact of Work Organizational Factors on Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Epicondylitis.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2016Article
- General population job exposure matrix applied to a pooled study of prevalent carpal tunnel syndrome.American journal of epidemiology · 2015Article
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backgroundFew large epidemiologic studies have used rigorous case criteria, individual-level exposure measurements, and appropriate control for confounders to examine associations between workplace psychosocial and biomechanical factors and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
methodsPooling data from five independent research studies, we assessed associations between prevalent CTS and personal, work psychosocial, and biomechanical factors while adjusting for confounders using multivariable logistic regression.
resultsPrevalent CTS was associated with personal factors of older age, obesity, female sex, medical conditions, previous distal upper extremity disorders, workplace measures of peak forceful hand activity, a composite measure of force and repetition (ACGIH Threshold Limit Value for Hand Activity Level), and hand vibration.
conclusionsIn this cross-sectional analysis of production and service workers, CTS prevalence was associated with workplace and biomechanical factors. The findings were similar to those from a prospective analysis of the same cohort with differences that may be due to recall bias and other factors.
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