Biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled study of 2474 workers.

Harris-Adamson, Carisa; A Eisen, Ellen; Kapellusch, Jay; Garg, Arun; T Hegmann, Kurt; S Thiese, Matthew; Marie Dale, Ann; Evanoff, Bradley; Burt, Susan; Bao, Stephen; Silverstein, Barbara; Merlino, Linda; Gerr, Fred; Rempel, David

doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102378

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Biomechanical risk factors for carpal tunnel syndrome: a pooled study of 2474 workers.

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Authors:

Carisa Harris-Adamson

Ellen A Eisen

Jay Kapellusch

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Between 2001 and 2010, five research groups conducted coordinated prospective studies of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) incidence among US workers from various industries and collected detailed subject-level exposure information with follow-up of symptoms, electrophysiological measures and...

Subject

entrapment neuropathy

physical exposure

prospective

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