Risk factors for incident carpal tunnel syndrome: results of a prospective cohort study of newly-hired workers [PDF]
, 2012 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 ...
Dale, Ann Marie +4 more
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Exercises using a touchscreen tablet application improved functional ability more than an exercise program prescribed on paper in people after surgical carpal tunnel release: a randomised trial [PDF]
, 2019 Question: In people who have undergone surgical carpal tunnel release, do sensorimotor-based exercises performed on the touchscreen of a tablet device improve outcomes more than a conventional home exercise program prescribed on paper? Design: Randomised,
Blanquero, J. +5 more
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Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2020 Objective: To identify the cutoff values suggested by musculoskeletal ultrasound for the diagnosis of different severities of carpal tunnel syndrome and compare the parameters among males and females and patients with and without comorbidities of ...
Noreen Akhtar +3 more
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BMJ, 2005 Carpal tunnel syndrome, though generally successfully treated by surgical decompression, still results in significant morbidity. The causes remain unclear and there is uncertainty about appropriate investigations for diagnosis and assessment of severity. The best nonsurgical treatment is yet to be fully elucidated.
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Sickness absence from work among persons with new physician-diagnosed carpal tunnel syndrome: a population-based matched-cohort study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Carpal tunnel syndrome is common among employed persons. Data on sickness absence from work in relation to carpal tunnel syndrome have been usually based on self-report and derived from clinical or occupational populations. We aimed to determine sickness
Isam Atroshi +4 more
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Postoffer Pre-Placement Screening for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in Newly Hired Manufacturing Workers [PDF]
, 2016 OBJECTIVE: We determined the predictive validity of a post-offer pre-placement (POPP) screen using nerve conduction velocity studies (NCV) to identify future cases of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS).
Buckner-Petty, Skye +4 more
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Potential Early, Red-Flag Sign of Amyloidosis.
Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume, 2019 Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) can be caused by the deposition and accumulation of misfolded proteins called amyloid and is often an early manifestation of systemic amyloidosis.
J. Donnelly +3 more
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Ultrasound assessment of carpal tunnel in rheumatoid arthritis and idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome
Clinical Rheumatology, 2020 To comparatively assess the sonographic spectrum of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and in patients with idiopathic CTS. Fifty-seven RA patients and 25 idiopathic CTS patients were consecutively enrolled.
G. Smerilli +7 more
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Extended open-carpal tunnel release in renal dialysis patients
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2012 Chronic hemodialysis patients are susceptible to median nerve compression. The clinical symptoms, surgical results and prognosis of chronic hemodialysis-related carpal tunnel syndrome have different results from those of idiopathic carpal tunnel syndrome.
Sammy Al-Benna +2 more
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Long-term Symptomatic, Functional, and Work Outcomes of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome among Construction Workers [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: The long-term outcomes of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) including symptoms, functional status, work disability, and economic impact are unknown. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study of 234 active construction workers with medical claims
Amick +36 more
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