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Risk factors for incident carpal tunnel syndrome: results of a prospective cohort study of newly-hired workers

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Evanoff, Bradley | Dale, Ann Marie | Deych, Elena | Ryan, Daniel | Franzblau, Alfred

Affiliations: Department of Medicine, Washington University, Campus Box 8005, 660 S. Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA | School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 1835 SPH I, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA

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Keywords: Carpal tunnel syndrome, risk factors, epidemiology

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0745-4450

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 4450-4452, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of the most costly upper extremity disorders in the working population. Past literature has shown an association between personal and work factors to a case definition of carpal tunnel syndrome but little is known about the combined effects of these factors with the development of this disorder. Few studies have examined these associations in longitudinal studies. The purpose of this paper is to identify risk factors for incident carpal tunnel syndrome in a longitudinal study of workers across a wide range of occupations.

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