Associations between work-related factors and the carpal tunnel syndrome—a systematic review

Attributable risk of carpal tunnel syndrome in the general population: implications for intervention programs in the workplace

“…Our findings regarding the industrial sectors at high risk of CTS in the region are in line with the epidemiological literature (1,3,18). Work in the service industries was associated with a higher risk of CTS in women and a lower risk in men.…”

“…Epidemiological studies have identified several combinations of personal and work-related risk factors for CTS (1)(2)(3). Most work-related risk factors for CTS are more modifiable than individual risk factors, and the implementation of intervention programs in the workplace is expected to reduce the burden of CTS in the population (1).…”

Validation of the ACGIH TLV for hand activity level in the OCTOPUS cohort: a two-year longitudinal study of carpal tunnel syndrome

“…There are a number of epidemiological studies that show a relationship between manual work (especially repetitive and forceful exertions) and CTS (9)(10)(11); however, many of these studies are cross-sectional and a causal relationship cannot therefore be concluded (9). Longitudinal studies are needed to investigate to what extent work is a primary cause of CTS.…”

Carpal tunnel syndrome and manual work: the OCTOPUS cohort, results of a ten-year longitudinal study

“…However, the Violante et al proportion of cases attributable to these factors is probably limited as they are rare (eg, systemic amyloidosis, sarcoidosis) or only weakly associated with CTS (eg, diabetes, hypothyroidism) (13)(14)(15)(16). During the eighties, a landmark study posited an association between fast and forceful manual work and CTS (17): since then, the issue of occupationally induced CTS has been the subject of a number of epidemiological studies, although the majority of them were cross-sectional in design (18). Recently, two large longitudinal studies on CTS and fast and forceful manual work were published, from Italy (19) and the USA (20).…”